ABOVE: The Haunted Bridgegroom — This drink mixes dark chocolate and butter-washed Conniption Navy Strength gin, Cocchi Rosa, and Hoodoo chicory liqueur. This Corpse Reviver cocktail is topped with a skull chocolate and roses. Photo courtesy of Corpse Reviver Cocktail Bar and Lounge.
Enjoy These Hauntingly Delicious Local Concoctions
By Elizabeth Brignac
Halloween is approaching! Across the Triangle, cocktail bars are brewing drinks that delight the palate and utilize the warm flavors of autumn—while also leaning into spooky season. These drinks are being served throughout the month of October.
Corpse Reviver
715 Washington Street, Suite B, Durham
It makes sense that a bar called Corpse Reviver after Conniption gin’s famous cocktail would make excellent Halloween-themed cocktails. This bar is offering a full list of well-thought-out drinks served with all the spooky trappings. We have included only a few of Corpse Reviver’s many seasonal offerings. The bars is also showing Halloween movies, holding a costume contest and generally leaning into the Halloween (ha!) spirit.
The AC Hotel
9 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh
In addition to these Halloween drinks, The Willard is also offering a Cocktails and Cuisine class called Spooky Sips in which the bartenders will demonstrate how to make three Halloween-inspired drinks. The next class will be October 26. Class sizes are limited, and tickets are $55 per person. You can buy them here.
Killjoy
116 N West St, Raleigh
In addition to six Halloween-themed cocktails and several more fall-themed ones, Killjoy will be doing Halloween karaoke events and a drag show and costume contest event through October. Look at their events page to find out more.
STIR Raleigh
116 N. West Street, Raleigh
STIR has created two Halloween-themed cocktails that infuse delicious autumn flavors.
