Zombie Gut Punch Cocktail

Blood orange juice and black cherry soda give this cocktail its bloody hue while vodka and bitters pack a mighty punch.
Halloween Cocktail

Zombie Gut Punch Cocktail

Blood orange juice and black cherry soda give this cocktail its bloody hue while vodka and bitters pack a mighty punch.

Photo by: Courtesy Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark ©2012 CookingChannelTV.com

Courtesy Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark, 2012 CookingChannelTV.com

Blood orange juice and black cherry soda give this cocktail its bloody hue while vodka and bitters pack a mighty punch.
By: Georgia Hardstark

Ingredients:

10 ounces vodka
5 ounces triple sec
2 ounces bitters
1 cup fresh-squeezed blood orange juice
2 cups black cherry soda
Grenadine, for rim

Preparation:

In a large punch bowl filled with ice, pour vodka, triple sec, bitters, blood orange juice and black cherry soda. Laugh as though you are an evil zombie and stir. Rim each glass with grenadine before filling with punch mixture, then serve. Stagger around menacingly, and threaten to eat strangers' brains.

 

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