Here’s A Guide To The Best Goth-Inspired Cocktails
Embrace your darker side with cocktails inspired by Goth culture. Goth culture has dark, mysterious and edgy layers to it. Check out recipes for deliciously sinister cocktails.
Vampire Cynar Negroni
This cocktail is a spooky twist on the classic Negroni cocktail and perfect for Halloween parties or horror-themed events. It is garnished with a smoking sprig of rosemary and dry ice, which creates a white fog.
Ingredients
30 ml Cynar
30 ml Don Julio Reposado
30 ml Strawberry Infused Campari
a sprig of Rosemary, for garnish (optional)
Method
Take a mixing glass and add the liquors. Stir well to combine. Strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with dry ice and a sprig of rosemary.
Black Magic
This shimmering black cocktail is made using black vodka.
Ingredients
60 ml Vodka
45 ml Cherry Juice (Deep red colour)
30 ml Orange Juice
100 ml Maraschino Cherry Syrup (Liquid in the Maraschino Cherry Jar)
pinch of Pearl Dust
Ice
Orange peel or Maraschino cherries, for garnish
Method
Take a shaker, add black vodka and rest of the ingredients. Using a bar spoon, add ice and stir until the cocktail is chilled or for 10 seconds. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with orange peel or maraschino cherries. If the cocktail doesn't get a black hue and instead gets a brown colour, then make a concoction with 75 ml cherry juice and skip orange juice.
Midnight Fog Cocktail
The Midnight Fog Cocktail is a perfect fit for any Halloween party. It's a bourbon-based cocktail with a homemade rosemary spiced cola syrup that adds a sweet and spicy flavour to the drink. The cocktail is well-balanced with a hint of lemon juice and Angostura bitters.
The addition of activated charcoal powder gives the drink its jet black colour and a dry ice pellet adds a spooky smoking effect.
Ingredients
For The Rosemary Spiced Cola Syrup
750 ml Cola
3 Cloves
3 Cardamom pods
2 whole Star Anise
1 large Cinnamon stick
a sprig of fresh Rosemary
For The Cocktail
45 ml Bourbon
15 ml Scotch
15 ml Rosemary Spiced Cola Syrup
15 ml Lemon Juice
a dash of Angostura Bitters
1/8 teaspoon Activated Charcoal Powder, to make the drink black
Dry ice pellets, for garnish
Method
For The Rosemary Spiced Cola Syrup
Take a saucepan over medium heat and add all the ingredients in it. Bring the contents to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and let it simmer for 15 minutes. Let the contents cool and then strain it into a clean jar or bottle. Store it in the fridge until ready to use.
For The Cocktail
Take a mixing glass with ice and add all ingredients except activated charcoal powder in it. Stir well until the contents are chilled. Add activated charcoal powder and stir. Strain the contents into a coupe glass. To give fogginess to the drink, add a small bit of dry ice to the drink. Ensure dry ice is completely evaporated. The drink should be consumed after the bubbling and smoking stops.
The Witch's Heart
Ingredients
For The Blackberry Shimmery Liqueur
120 ml Smirnoff Vodka
3 Blackberries, fresh or frozen
30 ml Simple Syrup
1/10th teaspoon Pearl Dust
A drop of Purple Food Colour
For The Cocktail
45 ml Homemade Blackberry Shimmery Liqueur, chilled
20 ml Apple Juice or Apple Liqueur, chilled
15 ml Lemon Juice
10 ml Simple Syrup
1 teaspoon Grenadine
Ice
Dry ice, finely crushed
Method
For The Blackberry Shimmery Liqueur
Take a glass jar with a tight fitting lid. Add blackberries in the jar and close the lid. Steep for a week in the fridge. Set up sous vide to 54°C (a container with water heated to 54°C). Take the vodka and blackberry mixture in a freezer or ziploc bag with a tight seal. Lower the bag slowly into the sous vide. The pressure of the water forces the air through the top of the bag. Once the air is out of the bag, seal it just above the water line. Let the bag stay submerged in the sous vide for 2 hours. Remove the bag from the sous vide and let it cool before using/storage. Strain the infused vodka into a different jar using a cheesecloth-lined sieve, discard the solid remnants. Do not press the blackberries through the sieve. The vodka should be clear and have a purple colour. Add simple syrup and purple dust, mix to combine. The liqueur should have shimmer after stirring. Add a drop of purple food colour so it gets deep purple hue.
For The Cocktail
Take a martini glass and add dry ice. Take a shaker with ice and add all the ingredients except the grenadine, and shake well until the drink gets chilled. Strain the drink into the martini glass. Add the grenadine syrup, it should sink to the bottom to give a bleeding effect. You can add more dry ice on top and serve with a stirrer so that the guests can stir the 'potion', and create a shimmery, smoky effect.
