The Hang On Spooky

Joel Grimes '08 shows fellow Buckeyes how to make a Halloween cocktail to get you in the spooky spirit.

To kick off Halloween week, Joel Grimes '08 created the Hang on Spooky, a boo-tiful bourbon-based cocktail that really puts the 'treat' in trick-or-treat. Joel, Construction Superintendent at Habitat for Humanity MidOhio, has a passion for mixology and experimenting with flavor profiles to make the perfect drink.

Ingredients

2 oz. bourbon
¼ oz. raspberry liqueur
1 oz. fresh lime juice
½ oz. simple syrup
5 blackberries
1 lime wedge
1 egg white
A few dashes of Absinthe
A few dashes of bitters

Instructions

Add an Absinthe 'rinse' to a coupe glass and then chill glass in the freezer
In a shaker, add the blackberries, lime wedge, simple syrup, raspberry liqueur and ½ oz. lime juice, then muddle
Add the bourbon, ice and shake until frosty
Strain into your chilled glass
For the foam, add the egg white, ½ oz. lime juice and a few dashes of Absinthe to a clean shaker, then shake without ice until it turns into a foam (the acidity from the lime will cook the egg white)
Top your drink with the foam and finish with a few dashes of bitters
Enjoy responsibly!

NOTE: To make it a mocktail, substitute the bourbon and liqueur for ginger ale and omit the Absinthe.