Dave Kuiawa from Fine Wine & Good Spirits shares some spooky cocktails perfect for your Halloween Celebration!
Kildalton Cross
1 oz Ardbeg Single Malt Scotch Whiskey 10 YO
1 oz dry sherry
¾ oz pear juice
¼ oz maple syrup
3 drops lemon juice
3 dashes Angostura bitters
1 orange twist
Combine all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with orange twist.
Death’s Door Rouge
1 oz Death’s Door Gin
1 oz PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur
1 oz Casillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon
2 tsp fresh orange juice
1 orange twist
Combine first four ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with orange twist.
Apple Cinnamon Rye Fizz
Note: It’s the end of harvest season, and the perfect time to enjoy this fall-flavored cocktail. If you’re a whiskey fan, this is Whiskey Festival Week in Pennsylvania, with the Pittsburgh Whiskey Festival tomorrow and the first-ever Central PA Whiskey Festival on Saturday. There’s still time to get tickets, which you can find on the festival’s website: pawhiskeyfest.com
1½ oz Dad’s Hat Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey
1½ oz apple cinnamon simple syrup
½ oz apple cider
½ oz lemon juice
1 splash ginger ale
1 apple slice
Combine first four ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and pour into a rocks glass and top with ginger ale; stir gently. Garnish with apple slice.