Halloween Hooley Punch

Name: Halloween Hooley Punch
Yield: Makes 20 X 200 ml Serves
Ingredients: 100g caster sugar; 6 mint tea bags; 3 star anise; 500ml boiling water; 6 limes, plus 4 to garnish; 2.5 litres cranberry juice; 1 x 700ml bottle of Istil 38 Irish Pot Still Vodka; 200ml dry white wine; Ice cubes; 2 oranges, sliced into wheels, to garnish

Try this blood-red cranberry cocktail at your next Halloween gathering

By Oisín Davis

11 October 2023

Jo Murphy

At an Irish Halloween party, there will always be at least one person dressed as someone from a topical news story, two random lads from the pub who haven’t bothered their holes to dress up at all and at least one drink that’s the colour of blood. So here’s your requisite crimson-coloured beverage.

Next, try another Halloween recipe from the House & Garden archive.

Recipe extracted from Irish Kitchen Cocktails by Oisín Davis (Nine Bean Rows, £15.50)

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