Vampire Shot

Vodka, tomato juice, Tabasco, and Worcestershire — the Bloody Mary (Petiot, Harry's Bar Paris, then St. Regis New York, 1934) compressed into a Halloween shooter.

vodkaEasy~30% ABV

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Recipe

Serves1

Ingredients

1 ozvodka
½ oztomato juice
3 dashestabasco sauce(the bite)

Tools

jigger

Instructions

1Pour vodka into a shot glass.
2Add tomato juice.
3Add dashes of Tabasco sauce.
4Stir briefly.
5Feel the vampires bite!

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History & Origin

The Vampire Shot is a Halloween-themed Bloody Mary variation that compresses the classic brunch cocktail into a shooter. The Bloody Mary itself has been a brunch staple since the 1920s-1930s, with Fernand Petiot often credited for refining the tomato-and-vodka combination at Harry's New York Bar in Paris before introducing it to the US at the St. Regis Hotel in New York in 1934. The Vampire Shot distills that savory, spicy profile into a single serving, using vodka with tomato juice, Tabasco, and Worcestershire to create something simultaneously bloody in color and fiery in character — the ideal Halloween bar offering. Its deep red color and spicy bite gave bartenders a natural prop for October seasonal menus.

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