JAK’s Halloween Favourite Spirits
Fall marks the end of summer with its breathtaking autumn colours that set the world on fire. The days are shorter and there’s a chill in the air that slices one to the bone. Foggy mists settle in with the dark at eve leading us into this magical time of year abound with mystery, suspense and superstition, my favourite time - Halloween.
Stay safe this Halloween, allow no black cats to cross your path, sidewalk cracks can break your back and any dropped mirrors will reflect fear. And no matter what you do, if your phone rings and it’s from within your house – RUN!
RUN for your life to the nearest JAK’S store and we’ll protect you with one of these spooky spirits to soothe your nerves!
Check out some of our bone chillingly and delightfully terrifying picks below!
Spud Pumpkin Spiced Vodka - $26.99
I’m feeling safe at home with sweet aromas of fresh cookie dough wafting through the air giving me a peaceful sense of false security. The lights shut down and an evil pumpkin head looms outside my window with a cackle that shivers me to the core. My heart races and in a terrifying panic I immediately reach for a pumpkin spiced martini..
Don’t wait for the evil pumpkin head to remind you this Halloween...grab this fiendishly delicious and 100% natural pumpkin spiced vodka to enjoy.
Arran “Machrie Moor” Single Malt Scotch - $126.99
On the rugged, windy west coast of the Isle of Arran lies the ancient and mystical peat bog called Machrie Moor. Bronze Age stone circles are strewn across its barren terrain. Amidst lies a stone circle, Fingal’s Cauldron and there sits a lone stone with a carved hole. Folklore honours the warrior giant Fingal who tethered his dog Bran to this very stone.
This peated expression of the Arran Single Malt is bottled at 46% abv with no added colouring or chill filtration. Let this whisky transport you back to the time of the druids with its smoldering smoky sorcery drooled with candied citrus peel and vanilla. Its earthy edge howls of the landscape from whence it came. Unleash the legend that is Machrie Moor!
Deadhead Chocolate Rum - $98.99
The Jivaro tribes of the Amazon believed the shrinking of human heads would harness the spirit of their enemy.
In the spirit of the tsanta, we have headhunted this 5 year old cask aged rum from southern Mexico. Locally sourced dark roasted cocoa is infused to create this enchanting elixir that sits at 35% abv. It is a rum that hypnotizes with a bewitching charm that spellbinds one with burnt toffee, roast coffee, cocoa and dried cherry.
Be a true tsanta deadhead this Halloween and pick up your shrunken monkey head. This heavenly rum is guaranteed to ward off any evil spirits you may encounter.
El Sagrado Reposado Tequila - $102.99
As the veil lifts and souls draw closer to visit their loved ones, you’ll feel a slight chill in the air that will make your neck hairs stand on end. Reach for that blood red bottle of El Sagrado and embrace the reunion.
Celebrate the Day of the Dead this November 01st with a delicious Tequila from the heavenly spirits above. This reposado has been slumbering in an oak coffin for 6 months which lends a spooky array of ghostly spices to the lingering afterlife finish. Eerily balanced with aromas of pear drop and grass.
Lynn Coulthard is Director of Brand Management and Education for JAK’S. On the side, she teaches WSET Wine and Spirits and the Gin & Whisky Ambassador Course.
At Halloween, she can often be found dressed up as Alice Cooper singing “Welcome to my Nightmare”.