Want to make this year’s Halloween party extra buzzworthy? These spooky sips utilizing literal spirits from local distilleries are the perfect addition to any grown-up gathering of ghosts, goblins, and ghouls.

 

•    2.5 oz. White Devil Whiskey
•    1 oz. Carpano Antica Formula
•    .5 oz. Cynar
•    Habanero pepper, to garnish

Add all ingredients with ice to a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously until well combined and chilled. Double strain and garnish with a fresh habanero pepper.

•  1 activated charcoal capsule
•  .75 oz. blueberry syrup (purée blueberries; steep in equal parts hot water and sugar for 30 minutes)
•  .75 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
•  1.5 oz. J.J. Pfister Capitol Gin
•  2 dashes Angostura bitters
•  Lemon peel and flowers, to garnish

Empty the charcoal capsule into a cocktail shaker and add blueberry syrup, lemon juice, gin, bitters, and ice. Shake until cold, then strain into a rocks glass with a large ice cube. Squeeze a lemon peel into the cocktail to express the oils. Rim the glass with the lemon peel and drop into the drink. Garnish with Halloween-colored flowers.

•  1 oz. Wheel House Absinthe Verte
•  1 tsp. simple syrup
•  4 oz. champagne or prosecco

Pour absinthe and simple syrup into a coupe glass. Top with champagne or prosecco until cloudy.

•    2 oz. Cave Rock Cacao Whiskey
•    1 oz. cold brew coffee
•    *1 oz. charcoal simple syrup (demerara sugar, activated charcoal powder, and vanilla powder)
•    2 full drops Elemental Spirits Qi-Li Bitters
•    2 spritzes Elemental Spirits Black Sage Hydrosol
•    .5 oz. black walnut hull powder, to garnish
•    2 dried calendula flowers, to garnish

Combine whiskey, coffee, charcoal simple syrup, and bitters into cocktail shaker. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass. Spritz black sage twice (once for cocktail; once to ward off evil spirits) and add garnishes in honor of your ancestors.

*To make charcoal simple syrup: Heat equal parts demerara sugar and water. Before boiling, add vanilla power and charcoal powder. Stir until dissolved, turn off heat, and cool before adding to the cocktail.

•  1.5 oz Georgetown Distillery Vodka
•  1.5 oz. Midori
•  .5 oz. lime juice
•  .5 oz. triple sec

Add all ingredients with ice to a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously until well combined and chilled. Pour over ice-filled glass.

•    2 oz. Buendia Tequila Blanco
•    1.5 oz. blood orange juice
•    .5 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
•    Blood orange wheel, for garnish

Add all ingredients with ice to a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously until well combined and chilled. Pour into ice-filled glass and garnish with a blood orange wheel.