“Double Double, Toil and Trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble!” Fill those cauldrons with a Blood Orange Bourbon Witches Brew Cocktail!
When it’s time to get ready for Halloween, I love to recall these famous lines from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. They give me inspiration when coming up with fun, creative drinks for Halloween. And for this Halloween, does it really get more fun than one of these delicious drinks?
Make a Blood Orange Bourbon Witches Brew Cocktail for Halloween
When you’re planning your Halloween menus and parties, be sure to add this drink because it not only looks amazingly spooky, it’s also delicious!
Blood Orange and Bourbon are two flavors that taste great together – after all a classic drink, the Old Fashioned, is traditionally made with a whiskey or bourbon with orange. But here, we add some yummy pomegranate juice and ginger beer to add some layers and sparkle to the drink.
Of course, you can make this drink any time of year. It’s just that good.
But it’s so much fun to serve this one like a proper witches brew for Halloween.
I like to take the fun a step farther and DIY some stemless wineglasses with some food safe paints to make it look like the glasses are cauldron’s overflowing with goo.
And of course, making some fun DIY Halloween cocktail picks is fun too like these fun eyeballs. So have fun, and make a delicious drink and serve it with some whimsy and fun!
Can I serve the Blood Orange and Bourbon Witches Brew like a punch?
Yes! You absolutely can make this drink ahead of time and serve it in large quantities. In fact, we love to see this one served in a cauldron, but if you don’t have one, a punch bowl or pitcher will work very well.
What you want to do is multiply the ingredients. Then combine the bourbon, orange liquor, pomegranate juice and lemon juice.
Refrigerate it if you are making it more than an hour ahead of time. Otherwise, you can make it in your punch bowl and use ice.
Be sure to only add the chilled ginger beer right before serving.
If you will be serving it periodically throughout the event, you may want to serve a small amount of the punch and top the glass off with ginger beer as you serve it.
This will preserve the fizz so that the drinks really has that “cauldron bubbles” effect – and so the drink isn’t flat.
Ingredients you need to make Blood Orange Bourbon Witches Brew
Makes 1 8 oz drink
- 1.5 oz Bourbon
- 1 oz Blood Orange Liquor
- 1 oz POM Pomegranate Juice
- 1/2 oz lemon juice
- Ginger Beer (chilled)
How to make Blood Orange Bourbon Witches Brew Cocktail
Combine lemon juice, pomegranate juice, blood orange liquor, and bourbon in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake vigorously for a minute then pour over ice in a rocks glass or Halloween themed glass.
Top off with ginger beer.
Garnish with a fun Halloween cocktail pick.
You may enjoy these other great Halloween Cocktails and Witch Drinks
You may want to serve another Halloween cocktail for your party. Why not try some of these themed cocktails?
Halloween Cocktails:
Blueberry Whiskey Corpse Reviver
Oogie Boogie’s Halloween Punch
Supernatural Inspired Yellow Eyed Demon
Witch Drinks:
And if serving another witches brew recipe is what floats your boat, you may enjoy serving some of these themed cocktails:
Another Glorious Morning, a Hocus Pocus Inspired Drink
Cheery Witches Kombucha Cocktail
Harry Potter Inspired Pumpkin Juice
Spooky Apple and Mango Spider Cider
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Blood Orange Bourbon Witches Brew Cocktail
Equipment
- Measuring cup or jigger
- Cocktail Shaker
- Beverage Glass
- Cocktail Pick, optional
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz Bourbon
- 1 oz Blood Orange Liquor
- 1 oz POM Pomegranate Juice
- ½ oz Lemon Juice
- 4 oz Ginger Beer Chilled
Instructions
- Combine lemon juice, pomegranate juice, blood orange liquor, and bourbon in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
- Shake vigorously for a minute then pour over ice in a rocks glass or Halloween themed glass.
- Top off with ginger beer.
- Garnish with a fun Halloween cocktail pick.
Notes
Nutrition
Hi, I’m Jennifer. I love to cook and entertain. I have a lot of fun sharing traditional food and drink recipes as well as putting a new spin on the classics. I strive to provide easy to make recipes that are perfect for the home cook, bartender and entertainer.
We really like using Cointreau Blood Orange in this recipe. But if you can’t find it, I find that using another blood orange flavored liquor will work great too. If you can’t find blood orange booze in your area, you can always use regular Cointreau or triple sec as a substitute.