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If you're in the mood for a fright this Oct. 31, skip the haunted houses and head straight for the bar. With ingredients such as blood-orange mixers, Tabasco sauce, pepper-flavored vodka, habanero-laced syrup and the always frightening Bacardi 151, Charlotte bartenders have ghosts beat. Check out our list of if-you-dare concoctions to consider (or avoid, if you're faint of heart) this Halloween weekend.
Therapy Café specials
With its extensive list of award-winning martinis, Therapy Café's tongue-in-cheek concoctions are in a league of their own. Test your stomach against two of the scarier-sounding drinks.
Demons Within: Absolut Pepper and one drop of dry vermouth served with three jalapeno-stuffed olives. "Guaranteed to get you talking in tongues," Therapy's menu warns.
Latin Lover: Mango, tequila, lime juice and habanero pepper syrup.
Blood-sucking spirits
The bartenders at Alley Cat are getting into the spooky spirit by mixing up some cocktails inspired by the popular "True Blood" series on HBO. Cases of Tru Blood (a blood-orange soda that appears on the popular show) have been arriving at the bar in preparation for its Halloween "Fangtasia" party. Some of the recipes vampire wannabes will suck on Saturday:
The Fangbanger: Absolut vodka mixed with Tru Blood.
Plasmapolitan: Absolut vodka, Tru Blood, peach schnapps and a splash of pineapple juice.
Order anywhere
These classic shooters have been scaring the pants off 21-year-olds for decades. Any good bartender should be able to whip up a round. Just ignore that flash of alarm in his eye when he takes your order.
Liquid Cocaine: Equal parts Rumple Minze peppermint liqueur, Goldschlager cinnamon schnapps and Jägermeister.
Three Wise Men: Johnnie Walker, Jim Beam and Jack Daniel's. Enough said.
Prairie Fire: Your choice of tequila topped with a dash of Tabasco sauce. Feel the burn.
