Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! This extocooler green cocktail is balanced, herbal, and tart with a touch of melon from Midori. This Beetlejuice cocktail would be perfect for a Halloween party or spooky happy hour.
An eerie extocooler green drink that is just a little strange and unusual. Although most of the ingredients can be found in a liquor store and the produce aisle. The tiny cucucamelon garnish are a fun farmers market addition that look like creepy peppers inside the snake-like cucumber ribbon. Cucamelons are not necessary for the flavor of the drink, but give the drink a creepy look. I have seen these at other grocery stores before so keep an eye out or ask if your grocer can get some in for you!
A juniper forward gin along with herbal green chartreuse cuts through and balances the sweetness from the Midori. The key with Midori is never go over 1/4 oz in a cocktail and pair it with higher proof spirits like Chartreuse or you will have a sickly sweet melon bomb. If you are into hella melon, no shame, use as much as you like!
To take it up a notch and recall the graphic patterns and saturated imagery from Tim Burton’s movie Beetlejuice, I painted this coupe and this old fashioned glass with black and white stripes. A striped paper straw also drives home the movie aesthetic without having to do arts and craft for happy hour. I love a good crafts and cocktails hour though!
Jump in the line and rock your body in time and mix up this Beetlejuice cocktail!
Fun fact: did you know that the title and name of the character are spelt differently? The name of the character is Betelgeuse and the movie is Beetlejuice. It was a marketing decision for easier pronunciation
Beetlejuice Cocktail
Description
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! A strange and unusual cocktail, this extocooler green drink with gin, chartreuse, Midori, and cucumber is the perfect thing to mix up for Halloween. Just don’t say it’s name three times!
Ingredients
- 1 oz Chartreuse
- 3/4 oz Gin
- 1/4 oz Midori
- 1 oz pineapple
- 3/4 oz lime
- 1/4 oz simple syrup
- garnish: cucumber ribbon, cucucamelons (optional)
Instructions
In a shaker muddle cucumber. Add the rest of the liquid ingredients and shake. Double strain with a fine mesh strainer into a glass with ice. Garnish with a cucumber ribbon with cucucamelons.
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