{"id":1478,"date":"2008-10-20T07:55:59","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T11:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2008-10-17T20:35:41","modified_gmt":"2008-10-18T00:35:41","slug":"black-spirits-and-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=1478","title":{"rendered":"Black Spirits and White&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;also red, but no grey that I&#8217;m aware of.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindonfire.com\/\">John<\/a> pointed me to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dabbled.org\/2008\/10\/halloween-cocktail-fun.html\">list of Halloween-themed cocktails<\/a> on Dabbled, which makes a nice segue into Cobwebs&#8217; Big List o&#8217; Booze(tm) that I&#8217;ve been meaning to post.<\/p>\n<p>I got married on Halloween, and one of the many bits of research I did involved finding thematic beer brands.  That list is posted over at <a href=\"http:\/\/halloweddings.com\/menu\/beer.php\">Halloweddings<\/a>.  I also served a couple of brands of hard cider and (it almost goes without saying) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vampirewine.com\/\">Vampire Wine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for spirits for a Halloween party (or just to drink any time; what&#8217;s the point in being goth if you can&#8217;t be spooky at unexpected moments?), that list should give you a leg up.  A few thematic beers that have popped up since I compiled the list include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wickedwinesonline.com\/product.php?productid=16249&#038;cat=0&#038;page=1&#038;featured\">Witches&#8217; Brew Golden Ale<\/a> &#8211; Wicked Wines Online<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.mac.com\/archerliquors\/Belgians\/Fantome_Black_Ghost.html\">Black Ghost<\/a> &#8211; Brasserie Fantome<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatlakesbrewing.com\/beerProfile.php?beer_id=11\">Nosferatu<\/a> &#8211; Great Lakes Brewing Co.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wychwood.co.uk\/beers.htm\">WychCraft<\/a> &#8211; Wychwood<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alesmith.com\/evildeadred.html\">Evil Dead Red<\/a> &#8211; Alesmith<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alesmith.com\/lildevil.html\">Li&#8217;l Devil<\/a> &#8211; Alesmith<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reaperale.com\/\">Mortality Stout<\/a> &#8211; ReaperAle<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reaperale.com\/\">Deathly Pale Ale<\/a> &#8211; ReaperAle<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reaperale.com\/\">Ritual Dark<\/a> &#8211; ReaperAle<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newhollandbrew.com\/corp\/beer\/seasonal\">Ichabod<\/a> &#8211; New Holland<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grittys.com\/ha.php\">Halloween Ale<\/a> &#8211; Gritty McDuff&#8217;s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hard alcohol choices (besides absinthe, duh) would include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=562\">Blavod<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redrum.com\/\">REDRUM<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beerliquors.com\/buy\/liquors\/blackdeath.htm\">Black Death Vodka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you sometimes drink&#8230;wine, look around for some of these (note that some are more widely available than others):<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cardinal Zin and Heart of Darkness, both from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonnydoonvineyard.com\/\">Bonny Doon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Any of the wines offered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conchaytorousa.com\/wines\/diablo.html\">Casillero del Diablo<\/a>, which means &#8220;Cellar of the Devil&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Eye of the Toad Rose, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollow.com\/available_NETSCAPE.asp\">Toad Hollow<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sinister Hand, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northwest-wine.com\/Owen-Roe-Sinister-Hand.html\">Avalon Wine<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Witches Brew, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leelanaucellars.com\/\">Leelanau Cellars<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Poizin, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armida.com\/wines\/tech_sheets\/zin_poizin_res_01.html\">Armida<\/a>.  Extra points for being packed in a coffin-shaped box.<\/li>\n<li>Pumpkin wine (yes really), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northdakotawinery.com\/catalog.php\/mapleriverwinery\/dt41805\/pd808852\/Pumpkin_Wine\">Maple River Winery<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Any of the wines from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sasquatchcellars.com\/\">Sasquatch Cellars<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7 Deadly Zins, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lodivineyards.com\/7deadly.htm\">Michael-David Vineyards<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Phantom, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boglewinery.com\/bogle_phantom_facts.htm\">Bogle Vineyards<\/a> (or anything else from them, really; they take their name from a variant of &#8220;boggart&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Any of the wines from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.devils-lair.com\/\">Devil\u2019s Lair<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dead Arm Shiraz, d\u2019Arenberg<\/li>\n<li>Dragonstone Riesling, Josef Leitz<\/li>\n<li>Hell N Back Zinfandel, Pacific Edge<\/li>\n<li>Wild Witch Shiraz, Trevor Jones<\/li>\n<li>Heebie Jeebie Cabernet Sauvignon, Heebie Jeebie Wines<\/li>\n<li>Wines from Zeller Schwarze Katz (Black Cat Cellars)<\/li>\n<li>Evil Cabernet Sauvignon, R Winery<\/li>\n<li>Egri Bikav\u00e9r (Bull&#8217;s Blood) &#8211; This is a type of wine (from Hungary) rather than something from a particular winery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, if you&#8217;re looking for something non-alcoholic:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jones Soda offers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonessoda.com\/files\/limited_editions.php\">seasonal flavors<\/a> like &#8220;Candy Corn&#8221; and &#8220;Lemon Drop Dead.&#8221;  They also have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myjones.com\/\">site<\/a> where you can order various regular flavors of their soda and have your own custom photo put on the label.  Right now they&#8217;re offering a limited-edition <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myjones.com\/limited\/emily\">Emily the Strange<\/a> soda collection.<\/li>\n<li>The now-defunct Skeleteens soda company offered flavors like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsoda.com\/blacklemonade.html\">Black Lemonade<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsoda.com\/bluebrainwash.html\">Brainwash<\/a>.  They&#8217;re still available from a few online suppliers, and the labels alone are worth the effort to dig up a few.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If I&#8217;ve missed any of your favorites, let me know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;also red, but no grey that I&#8217;m aware of. John pointed me to this list of Halloween-themed cocktails on Dabbled, which makes a nice segue into Cobwebs&#8217; Big List o&#8217; Booze(tm) that I&#8217;ve been meaning to post. 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