SLEEPY HOLLOW COCKTAIL, A Rattled Skull

Rattled-Skull Colonial Cocktail

for Sleepy Hollow Heads

My Sleepy Hollow inspired version of this early American drink is based on an authentic cocktail recipe from colonial days known as the Rattle-Skull which was traditionally made with rum, brandy and Porter Ale. Since hard cider was also a favorite drink of our forefathers (and I'm not a big fan of beer with rum) I have replaced the Porter with hard cider.

I diverted from the original recipe a bit more by replacing the plain brandy with Calvados, a particularly smooth apple brandy, then adding a dash of apple bitters to balance the sweetness of the cider.

If you want to cut down on the head-chopping power of this libation, you can use non-alcoholic cider, but don't leave out the rum or you risk the wrath of the Headless Horseman who was well known to be a lover of rum . . . at least when his mouth still led to his stomach. If you leave out the Calvados you just deserve to lose your head...

Ingredients
3/4 Oz. Dark Rum
1/2 Oz. Calvados
6 Oz. Hard Cider
3 Drops of Apple Bitters
Juice of Half a Lime
Slice of Apple
Twist of Lime
 

Directions
Add some ice to a chilled skull glass. Pour in the rum and Calvados. Add the bitters and the lime juice, then pour in the cider and stir until chilled. Twist the lime over the cocktail to express the oils, garnish with the apple slice and enjoy while you ogle that sexy version of Ichabod Crane - but don't lose your head over him.

"First I shot him, then he rose back up. Cutting off his head seemed the next logical step." ~ Ichabod Crane, Sleepy Hollow pilot.

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MARTINI COCKTAIL ART

This MARTINI ART is my fourth illustration in a group of Cocktail Party Art "separates".   Like Shotz!, Margarita and Psychedelic Cocktail, I separated out the martini from the Cocktail Up group and turned it into an individual design. As always with my art, MARTINI is available on all sorts of fun Art & Products, all perfect gifts for holidays, birthdays, Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties and Cocktail Parties and Events.

I really got creative with the Martini T-shirts by adding some fun captions (which you can customize to your heart's content!):

As always, you can get MARTINI on

Completely Customizable & Personalizable Art, Gifts & Gear:

(Like adding a name, customizing for a Bachelor or Bachelorette Party, putting on your favorite cocktail quote - you can even add your own photos!)

 Be sure to check out my other designs in this series:

PSYCHEDELIC COCKTAIL

SHOTZ! SHOT GLASS
MARGARITA 

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DROWN YOUR TROUBLES MARTINI for Haven Fans

Got The Troubles and no Duke, Audrey or Nathan anywhere in the vicinity? Take heart, a little booze goes a long way to ease The Troubles!!!

DROWN YOUR TROUBLES MARTINI

for SyFy's HAVEN Fans

 3 Oz. Bourbon   
1/2 Cup Fresh Blackberries
2 Tbsp. Powdered Sugar
3 Drops Blackberry Bitters
1 Tbsp. Fresh Lime Juice
Blackberries for Garnish

Chill your glass in the freezer.  Put the blackberries, powdered sugar and lime juice in the bottom of a cocktail shaker and muddle until nice and juicy.  Add one cup of ice, pour in the bourbon, add the blackberry bitters and shake until well chilled.  Strain into a chilled martini glass, spear some of the blackberries on a cocktail pick, drop in then dust top of cocktail with a bit of powdered sugar and drown The Troubles!

Why did I list Duke before Audrey?? Because he's my favorite character - he owns a BAR for Pete's sake!!!! And maybe a little because of this:

 

Haven airs 10/9C on Fridays at SyFy.

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MARGARITA COCKTAIL ART

The MARGARITA is my third illustration in a group of Cocktail Party Art "separates".   Like Shotz! and Psychedelic Cocktail, it is a result of a request from my collectors and readers for "just the margarita glass (shot glass, cocktail glass, etcetera) and is available on all sorts of fun Art & Products.

Again, I'm having some fun with the Margarita T-shirts by adding some fun captions (which you can customize to your heart's content!):

 

 As always, you can get MARGARITA on

Completely Customizable & Personalizable Art, Gifts & Gear:

(Like adding a name, customizing for a Bachelor or Bachelorette Party, putting on your favorite cocktail quote - you can even add your own photos!)

 Be sure to check out my other designs in this series:

PSYCHEDELIC COCKTAIL

SHOTZ! SHOT GLASS

And keep an eye out for MARTINI - which will be posted and available tomorrow!

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PIRATE & RUM COCKTAILS for TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY

AVAST, ME HEARTIES!

IT'S NATIONAL

TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY!

And what would National Talk Like a Pirate Day be without the proper GROG? Bilgewater! And we don't want bilgewater, ey mateys? We wants our RRRRRUMM!

So's not to hornswoggle any of ye landlubbers, here are my

PIRATE MARTINIS & RRRRRUMM COCKTAILS Forthwith.

THE BEST

RRRRRUMM COCKTAILS

be HERE

and a couple of Pirate Specials:

Now, get on wit' ya and get ta drinkin' or I'll be having ye walk the plank at happy hour!

Updated 9-2017

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SONS of ANARCHY COCKTAIL - The Bloody Boilermaker

 

THE SONS of ANARCHY

BLOODY BOILERMAKER

(Beer, Patron, Blood and Mayhem)

INGREDIENTS

4 Oz. Patron Silver Tequila
(Have you seen another tequila brand at SAMCRO??? Me either!)
8 Oz. Mexican Beer
(Gotta mix up up with the Mayans, just like the SOA)
3 Oz. Tomato Juice "Blood"
(To signify the Men of Mayhem patch)
3 Tsp. Cholula Chipotle Sauce
3 Drops Tabasco
(Yes, I said 3 of both hot sauces, to paraphrase Piney, "Grow a Pair")
1 Tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
2 Oz. Fresh Lime Juice
Kosher Salt


SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
 12 Oz. Skull Glass

2 - 2  Oz. Skull Shooters
(Mine are courtesy of Crystal Head Vodka, sorry Dan, but they work for tequila as well as Crystal Head Vodka!)
2 Pipettes


DIRECTIONS

• Mix the tomato juice, chipotle sauce, Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce together then freeze in a container to a 1/2" thickness.
• When your tomato "blood" is frozen solid smash it into chunks and set back in the freezer until you're ready to construct your drink. The frozen "blood" will form a platform for your Skull Shooter.
• Rim your skull glass with lime juice then dip in the kosher salt and chill in the freezer.
• Fill the 2 pipettes with fresh lime juice.
• Add your tomato "blood" to your chilled glass.
• Settle your Skull Shooter onto the "blood" platform and fill with the chilled Patron.
• Gently pour the ice cold beer around the shooter.
• Fill the second Skull Shooter with more Patron and slide in the second lime filled pipette.
• Serve both on something black decorated with some really bad-ass looking skulls. (My background was a tee shirt given to me by a biker friend.)
• Sit back to enjoy SONS of ANARCHY!
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"It ain't easy being king." ~ Jackson "Jax" Teller, Pilot Episode

Try out my other
BLOODY MARY RECIPES

Live Sons of Anarchy, Die Sons of Anarchy”

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BLUE CRYSTAL MARGARITA for Breaking Bad Addicts

THE BLUE CRYSTAL MARGARITA

for Breaking Bad Addicts

If you're a Breaking Bad fan I don't have to explain this. If you're not, well, just enjoy this rocking good Blue Margarita with a special kick.

Ingredients

1-1/2 Oz. Pure Blue Agave Tequila

1/2 Oz. Mescal

1 Oz. Blue Curacao

1/2 Oz. Fresh Lime Juice

1 Tsp. Blue Agave Syrup

Blue Crystal Ice Chunks*

Orange Slice

Lime Slice

1 Cup Lime Juice

Kosher Salt

Large Crystal Sugar

Neon Blue Food Coloring

Directions

• *First color the one cup of lime juice with blue food coloring, pour this into a pan to 1/2' thickness and freeze.
• Next, color about 1/4 cup each of kosher salt and larger crystal sugar with the same blue food coloring. (Add the color to the mixture in a baggie and squish around until well blended).
• Rub the rim of your glass with lime then dip in the Blue Crystal rimming mixture.
• Chill your glass in the freezer until your Blue Crystal Ice is frozen solid.
• Take the blue ice chunk and break it into some larger chunks to add to your glass, then break one piece into smaller chunks for your blue crystals to scatter around the drink.
• Pour the tequila, mescal, half ounce of lime juice (the Blue Crystal Ice chunks will provide the balance of lime juice), Blue Curacao and blue agave syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until well chilled.
• Add  a couple of big Blue Crystal Ice chunks to the glass, strain your margarita into your chilled glass then garnish with the orange and lime slice.
• Scatter a few of the smaller Blue Crystal chunks around the glass and enjoy while watching these last few episodes of Breaking Bad.

"You clearly don’t know who you’re talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No! I am the one who knocks!" ~ Walter White, Cornered Episode 2011

*This post in no way endorses, encourages or promotes the use of any illegal drug in any form.

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