This drink was my first attempt at one of our Halloween Drink Ideas shots we put together before the holidays. It was the day after Halloween, a Saturday, and we were still going strong during one of the best party weekends of the year in nearly every town. I went by the store that afternoon and picked up a six-pack of pumpkin ale—all they had was the Harvest Moon brand—and a fresh bottle of Bacardi 151. Pregaming this day consisted of me unsuccessfully trying to convince everybody to take the Pumpkin Spit shot with me. When that didn’t work, I tried to get people to do 151 shots with me while I took my new shot. That didn’t work either. I understand it was the end of a long party weekend and everybody was a little roughed up by that point, but come on, free 151.. never say no that.. please.

I poured about three ounces of pumpkin ale and a full shot of 151 into a glass. The shot didn’t change the look of the ale at all—which now has me pondering the devious idea of pouring a pint of beer in the future for somebody with a shot or two of 151 in it without them knowing just to test their reaction. I know.. evil right? It may just make a great story. The shot went down exactly how you would expect. It burned of 151 and kept much of the pumpkin beer’s flavor. I guess its not a shot anybody would want to do very often, but hey, we were pregaming and it was definitely a better alternative than taking a straight shot of 151.

Since the night was the day after Halloween, we were all unsure whether to dress up in costumes or dress nicer. We decided on costumes, which was halfway the right idea. We showed up at a popular bar with a dance floor and a good scene, and about a quarter of the kids had costumes on. I had my Manny Ramirez in full persona, with a cheap pirate/rasta dreadlock wig that looked just like his hair, a doo-rag, and a Dodgers t-shirt jersey and hat. I was having a great time, getting excited for every Reggaeton song that came on—Manny would do that.. right?—when I was told by a bouncer on the dance floor that my doo-rag was against the dress code and I had to take it off. Really? Are they that paranoid? He told me yesterday was Halloween and it would have been okay then, which had me even angrier because I thought Halloween was an all weekend party theme nearly everywhere. Whatever. I took off the wig, hat and doo-rag combo and just ended up looking like some tool who wore a Dodgers t-shirt jersey to the club. That just turned me into bitter Josh the rest of the night.

I did see some sweet costumes though. My favorites were two guys dressed as the VH1 pickup artists—they had the look down pretty well—although they probably didn’t bring the same game to the club as the real guys. Also, my buddies were nerds, and apparently every girl in the club that night really dug suspenders and fake broken nerd glasses.

Ingredients

2 Parts: Harvest Moon® Pumpkin Ale
1 Part: Bacardi® 151 Rum

Instructions

Mix ingredients in a shaker. Strain into glasses.

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