Halloween cocktail recipe: how to make a Hellfire Highball

Cocktail club The Hellfire Highball, whereas comparable to the espresso martini, has a hint of spice.

if you're keen on the espresso martini, you may additionally wish to sip on the non-common Hellfire Highball for Halloween. grasp of ceremonies at Ghost Tequila Alex Carregal, together with host Jackson Cannon, recently walked us through how to make the cocktail, a rich and decadent treat.

"it's going to have a nice froth to it," Carregal talked about. "You give it a pleasant shake, and it can look like it's cascading, practically. once it settles, it would have a pleasant head."

Cannon referred to that the Hellfire Highball has many dimensions to it and that spiciness is only one of them.

"It does precisely what you need these espresso martinis to do, after a moment," Cannon observed. "They just form of stretch and give you that crema." He brought that there's a spotlight on spice as a sensation — what we think of as warmth — nonetheless it's basically a savory one. "It's turning to espresso to chocolate to bell pepper," Cannon noted. "There's guidelines of the tasting notes, pink wine with chocolate, form of all together. It's actually complex, definitely lucrative."

Hellfire Highball

constituents

2 oz. tequila

1 oz. coffee brandy

½ oz. agave nectar

3 to four oz. cold brewed coffee

guidelines

Shake with ice

stress and pour into glass, then garnish with a coconut chocolate chunk

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