Halloween Spirits: Toast The Ghosts (and Goblins) With These Cocktails

Pop open a bottle of HobNob’s Halloween-themed Chardonnay and drink it straight or mix a batch of this spooky sangria.

A mix of fall flavors that pair perfectly on Halloween night.

• 1/2 apple, cubed and muddled
• 3 ounces spiced rum
• 1 bottle of Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer
• 6 ounces cup fresh apple juice
• brown sugar, for glass rim
• cinnamon stick for garnish

Directions

• Dip the rim of the glasses in water then in brown sugar to lightly coat.
• Slice apple into small cubes and place evenly in the bottom of the two glasses, then muddle.
• Pour 1 1/2 ounces of the rum, 3 ounces of fresh apple juice and a few ice cubes into each glass and stir.
• Top off each drink with half of one bottle of Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer.
• Finish by placing a cinnamon stick in each drink and enjoy!

Don't let the name fool you: This drink is safe, but the flavor is to die for!

• Jose Cuervo Especial Silver tequila 1 oz
• Boulard Calvados 1 oz
• Grenadine syrup 1 oz
• Fresh lime juice 0.3 oz
• Crushed dry ice  2 small pieces 

Directions:

• Prepare a martini glass with dry ice pieces.

• Shake all the other ingredients very well with ice cubes.
• Pour the mix into the ice smoky glass.
• Sip the drink after the ice pieces melt away.

Infuse your own pomegranate tequila with this simple recipe. Then create a creepy cocktail with it!

Pomegranate-Infused Tequila

1 cup pomegranate seeds

1-1/2 to 2 cups el Jimador Silver Tequila

1 Ball® pint (16 oz.) jar with lid and band

Combine pomegranate seeds and Tequila in Ball® jar and close tightly. Store in a cool dark place for a few days to a few weeks, tasting the tequila after a few days to test the flavor. The longer it is allowed to infuse, the deeper and mellower the flavor will become.

When ready to use, strain and store in a tightly sealed Ball® jar. Use as a base for your favorite cocktail, enjoy neat or on the rocks.

Vampire Blood Cocktail

2 oz. Pomegranate Infused Tequila

1 oz. grenadine syrup

1/4 oz. triple sec

½ oz. agave syrup

1 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice

Pour ingredients into a shaker and fill with ice. Shake well and strain into a salt-rimmed old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Sip on HobNob’s Wicked Red Blend solo, or mix it into a wicked yummy punch.

This pom-flavored cocktail is scary good!

• 2 cups pomegranate juice
• 1 cups apple cider
• 4 tsp mulling spice, in a mulling ball or tea bag
• 2 shots dark rum or whiskey

Directions:

In a small saucepan, add all ingredients except booze. Turn the heat to medium and let the mixture come to a simmer. Let simmer for 10 minutes or so, until it's nice and fragrant. Remove mulling bag. 

Divide between two warm mugs, and add a shot of rum to each mug. Serve immediately.

Not in the mood to mix your own brew? Besieged wine is thematic and and delicious all at once, thanks to its dark, brooding label and nique blend of Petite Sirah, Carignane and Zinfandel grapes with notes of blackberry, black cherry, and plum spiced with cardamom.