You’ve got the costume...you’ve got the candy...all that's left are the cocktails, and believe us, Pumpkin Ale is sooooooooooo 2009. This year, bars throughout the city are concocting some devilish creations to please your palate, if not your liver. Swing by for a taste or surprise party guests with your own rendition—we’re sure they’ll want to suck your blood…Bloody Mary that is…

	The Pumpkin Punch at Kastel If you could melt pumpkin pie, mix it with rum and drink it through a straw, this is what you’d get… Ingredients 2.5 oz of Bacardi 8 year aged rum 1oz of pineapple juice ¾ oz of lemon juice ¾ oz of orange juice .5 oz of spiced pumpkin puree .5 oz of date molasses 1 dash of Fee Brothers original bitters Preparation Shake really hard over ice. Serve in burgundy glass and garnish with nutmeg.
	The Bloody Beer at Brother Jimmy's We’re pretty sure if Edward could taste alcohol, he’d forgo Bella for this drink… Ingredients 2 oz of tomato juice Worcestershire Sauce Tabasco Budweiser 2 lemons 2 limes Old Bay Preparation Take a pint glass rimmed with Old Bay and fill with ice. Add 2oz of tomato juice, 3 dashes of Worcestershire sauce, 4 dashes of Tabasco. Fill glass with Budweiser and top off with tomato juice. Squeeze in 2 lemons and 2 limes.
	The Dos Agaves at La Biblioteca The secret ingredient in this smokey drink is Sal de gusano, a powdered combination of chile pepper, salt and a roasted caterpillar…now that’s scary… Ingredients 1.5 oz El Jimador Silver ¾ oz mezcal 2 oz. sour mix Sal De Gusano Preparation Add tequila, sour mix, mezcal and ice to the glass level. Shake and pour into a sal de gusano rimmed martini glass.
	The Jacked O' Lantern Spiked Milkshake at Mel’s Burger Bar Channel your inner trick-or-treater with this sumptuous spiked shake made with homemade ice cream from Flushing… Ingredients 8 oz Max & Mina’s Pumpkin Ice Cream 4 oz Milk 2 oz Captain Morgan Spiced Rum Preparation Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Serve with a cherry on top.
	The Dumb Dumb at Mason Dixon While you may have tossed aside Dum Dum pops from your trick-or-treating loot as a kid, we’re pretty sure you won’t be able to resist this candy-inspired cocktail… Ingredients 3 oz of Wild Turkey Honey Bourbon 3 oz of Dr. Pepper Twist of lemon Splash of soda water Preparation Combine all ingredients in a shaker, and serve over ice in a rocks glass.
	The Green Bloody Mary at Ofrenda There’s no better way to simultaneously cure a hangover and kick off round two than with this fiery bloody concoction… NOTE: The recipe is in two parts, one for the spooky green mix, and the other for the Bloody Mary to be made with the mix. Ingredients for mix: 6 medium tomatillos, roasted 6 medium tomatillos, raw 2 jalapenos, roasted 2 jalapenos, raw (vary the jalapenos according to desired heat) 1 roasted poblano pepper 1 medium cucumber, skin and seeds removed Preparation Remove skins and seeds from roasted peppers, skins from roasted tomatillos and seeds and stems from the raw peppers. Puree all ingredients briefly in a blender, but avoid liquefying the tomatillo seeds. (Makes enough for 8-10 drinks) Ingredients for drink: 2 ½ oz tomatillo mix 1 ½ oz Tanteo jalapeno tequila 3/4 oz lime juice pinch of kosher salt 1/4 oz agave nectar (or simple syrup) 3 dashes salsa magi Preparation Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Wet rim of a Collins glass with lime juice and dip in a mixture of sea salt and chile piquin, then pack with ice. Shake ingredients with ice and strain into prepared glass. Garnish with a sliced tomatillo.  *Crafted by Jorge Guzman, Mixologist/Partner
Still thirsty for more? Try crafting these cocktails at home...
	Midori Melon Eye-Tini * By Rob Husted of Florida Ingredients 1 ¼ parts Midori Melon liqueur ¾ parts SKYY Infusions Citrus ½ part Finest Call agave syrup 2 parts of Canada Dry Green Tea Ginger Ale 2 parts Finest Call sweet & sour mix 3 orange wedges 2 fresh ripped basil leaves Strawberry sundae syrup Preparation In a shaker glass combine Midori Melon liqueur, SKYY infusions Citrus, Finest Call agave syrup, 3 orange wedges and 2 fresh ripped basil leaves. Muddle ingredients together. Add ice and Finest Call sweet & sour mix. Shake for 10 seconds. Add Canada Dry Green Tea Ginger Ale and roll drink back and forth between your mixing tin and shaker glass. Strain into a chilled martini glass drizzled with sundae syrup to give an effect of a bloodshot eye. Garnish with a red seedless grape at the bottom of the glass (to look like an eyeball) and spanked Basil leaf on top of cocktail for aroma.
	Witch’s Pumpkin Egg Nog Ingredients 1.5 oz Appleton Estate Reserve Rum (Infused with cloves, allspice, cinnamon) 0.5 oz Navan Vanilla Liqueur 1 oz eggnog 1 oz pumpkin purée (from the can) 4 dashes Fees Aromatic Bitters 1 bar spoon Maple Syrup Grade B Optional: fresh whipped cream Preparation Build all ingredients in your shaker; shake and strain into a chilled martini or coop glass; top with fresh whipped cream (optional)