The Red devil cocktail is a bright red drink that tastes delicious and is perfect for your Halloween parties. The bright red color is quite festive and this drink is easy to make despite the fact that it has several ingredients in it. Do be cautious when drinking this one as it does have a very high alcohol content.
What is a Red Devil Drink?
A red devil drink is a full flavored cocktail that tastes like a fruit cocktail cup with an alcoholic bite. It has the citrus flavors from the orange juice and grand marnier. The peach flavor from the peach schnapps. And the licorice and grape flavors from the sloe gin.
This drink is heavy on the alcohol content as it is comprised of almost all liquors. To make this one you need to teach shots, vodka, sloe gin, Southern comfort, Grand marnier, orange juice and grenadine.
With this drinks bright red color and devilish name it is perfect for any Halloween party or get together. This drink is super easy to make them bulk just by multiplying the amounts of the ingredients by two or three you can have several cocktails. Which makes it easy for a large party.
Though the name and color fits perfectly for halloween, this drink may also be well suited for winter holidays with its red color.
Other red cocktails include: The Pink Pussycat Drink, Watermelon Jolly Rancher Cocktail, French Kiss Shot or the tree smacker drink.
How to make this drink:
You need a lot of ingredients for this one. However, it doesn’t take much toss them all together and whip up a couple of cocktails.
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Vodka
- 1.5 oz Southern Comfort
- 1.5 oz Peach Schnapps
- 1.5 oz Sloe Gin
- 2 oz Gran Marnier
- 2 oz Orange Juice
- .5 oz Grenadine
- Ice
Instructions:
Step one
Before you get started make sure you have your shaker, jigger, and glasses ready.
Also make sure you have all your ingredients including Peach schnapps, vodka, sloe gin, Southern comfort, Grand marnier, orange juice and grenadine.
Step two
Take you two rocks glasses or one highball glass and fill with ice. Also fill your cocktail shaker with ice.
Step three
Use your jigger and measure 2 oz of grand marnier. Add that to your cocktail shaker.
Step four
Use your jigger and measure 2 oz of orange juice. Add that to your cocktail shaker.
Step Five
Use your jigger and measure one and a half ounces of peach schnapps. Add that to cocktail shaker as well.
Step Six
Use your jigger and measure one and a half ounces of vodka. Add that to your cocktail shaker with the rest of your ingredients.
Step Seven
Use your jigger again, this time to measure one and a half ounces of sloe gin. Go ahead and dump that in your shaker.
Step Eight
Now, measure one and a half ounces of Southern comfort and add that in your shaker with everything else.
Step Nine
Last up is your grenadine. Use your jigger to measure about 5 oz of grenadine and add that to your shaker.
A note on the red color, the majority of the red color comes from the grenadine. If you want a super bright red drink you can add a smidge more grenadine to each glass at the end. Or, you can add a little less orange juice and a little more Grand Marnier and your Shaker initially which will help the drink stay bright red and maintain the flavor profile.
Step Ten
Go ahead and grab the top for your cocktail shaker. Place it on your cocktail shaker and shake well. This usually takes around 15 to 20 seconds or until the outside of your Shaker is cold to touch.
Step Eleven
Next, remove top from your cocktail shaker. Then, place your Hawthorne strainer on top of your cocktail shaker. Next go ahead and strain your liquid from your cocktail shaker into your two rocks glasses or one highball glass.
Your drink is ready to enjoy. Sit back, take a sip and enjoy!
Recipe
Red Devil Drink
Equipment
- jigger
- highball glass
- Hawthorne strainer
- cocktail shaker
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Vodka
- 1.5 oz Southern Comfort
- 1.5 oz Peach Schnapps
- 1.5 oz Sloe Gin
- 2 oz Grand Marnier
- 2 oz Orange Juice
- .5 oz Grenadine
- ice
Instructions
- Fill up your shaker and glass both with ice.
- Add 1.5 oz of Vodka to your cocktail shaker by measuring it out with your jigger.
- Add 1.5 oz of Peach Schnapps to your cocktail shaker by measuring it out with your jigger.
- Add 1.5 oz of Southern Comfort to your cocktail shaker by measuring it out with your jigger.
- Add 1.5 oz of Sloe Gin to your cocktail shaker by measuring it out with your jigger.
- Add 2 oz of Grand Marnier to your cocktail shaker by measuring it out with your jigger.
- Add 2 oz of Orange Juice to your cocktail shaker by measuring it out with your jigger.
- Add .5 oz of Grenadine to your cocktail shaker by measuring it out with your jigger.
- Mix your ingredients together by covering your shaker with the lid and shaking well for about 15 to 20 seconds.
- Pour your ingredients into your glass by removing the shaker lid, adding the strainer on top of the shaker and pouring into your glass.
Nutrition information provided is just an estimate and may vary based on specific ingredients used.
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