Vampire Blues

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Bourbon
1/2 oz. Sherry
1/2 oz. fresh Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
1 tsp. Pumpkin Butter
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Cinnamon stick for garnish




Directions:

Add bourbon, sherry, lemon juice, simple syrup, pumpkin butter, and bitters to a cocktail shaker.
Fill with ice.  Shake well and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass.  Garnish with cinnamon stick.

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Blood Orange Martini Cocktail

Recipe ingredients:

60 ml (1/4 cup) vodka
8 ml (1 2/3 tsp.) orange liqueur
30 ml (1 oz.) orange juice

Cocktail execution:

Fill your chilled cocktail shaker with ice.
Add the vodka, orange liqueur, and the blood orange juice.
Shake well.
Strain into a chilled martini glass.
The Blood Orange Martini is ready.

(cocktaillab.org)

Broken Heart Mai Tai Zombie

2 oz. Bacardi Gold Rum
2 oz. Bacardi Orange Rum
2 oz. Bacardi 151 Rum
2 oz. DeKuyper Triple Sec
2 oz. Orange Curacao Liqueur
3 oz. Orange Juice
1 splash Rose's Grenadine Syrup
1 splash Perrier Lime Soda Water

Pour all ingredients into a hurricane glass half-filled with ice. Stir well, and garnish with a slice of orange, a cherry and a piece of cantaloupe.

Caramel Apple Martini

Ingredients:

1 cup Apple Juice
1 shot Vodka
1 shot Apple Pucker Schnapps
1 tbsp. Caramel Sauce

Instructions:

Place ingredients in drink shaker and shake vigorously.
Place martini glass in bowl of caramel sauce to line the rim with caramel.
Pour drink into the glass and garnish with an apple slice.

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Northern Lights

Ingredients:

1 oz. Vodka
2 oz. Raspberry Liqueur
3 oz. Orange-Pineapple Juice

Pour the vodka (Absolute), raspberry liqueur and orange-pineapple juice into a highball glass filled with ice cubes.
Stir well and serve.
(drinkedin.net)


Or-
1.5 oz. Yukon Jack
1 part Cranberry Juice
1 part Orange Juice

Stir with ice and serve in a tall glass. Cocktail glass recommended: Collins.
(whattodrink.com)

Smashing Pumpkin

2 oz. Stoli Vanilla vodka
1 tbsp. pumpkin puree
1 oz. cream
1 tbsp. *simple syrup
*(dissolve one part sugar and one part boiling water; let cool)

Put everything into a cocktail shaker.  Add ice and shake.
Pour into a glass over ice, and garnish with a cinnamon stick.


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