Today’s cocktail is a classic: the blood and sand. Here's number 9/31 Halloween cocktails that won't rot your teeth (but might rot your brain).

Who's coming for your soul? Here's number 8/31 Halloween cocktails that won't rot your teeth (but might rot your brain). The Soul Clench is. Pisco-based cocktail with a deathly addition of elderflower and pamplemousse liqueurs.

The original Sleepy Hollow cocktail dates back to the 1930s and features bright apricot and zesty mint. It tastes like fall smells—overripe stone fruit on the ground, fresh pine wafting on a crisp breeze—I wonder where that foggy tunnel of trees leads?

31 days of Halloween cocktails that won't rot your teeth (but might rot your brain). Golden Ghost is a mezcal and tequila cocktail that utilizes the alpine liqueur Genepy de Alpes, which gives this cocktail an herbaceous kick.

31 days of Halloween cocktails that won't rot your teeth (but might rot your brain. Love Lies Bleeding is a delicious, smoky, bittersweet riff on the Art of Choke cocktail, emphasis the bitter.

31 days of Halloween cocktails that won't rot your teeth (but might rot your brain. Okay, so this one might actually rot your teeth. With Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup-infused bourbon and salted caramel in the mix, this might be the most candy-forward cocktail on my list.

31 days of Halloween cocktails that won't rot your teeth (but might rot your brain), featuring the Seven Sins cocktail made with Applejack brandy and Rittenhouse rye whisky.

31 days of Halloween cocktails that won't rot your teeth (but might rot your brain), featuring the Falling Leaves cocktail made with Clear Creek pear brandy. Since pears ripen in the late summer to early fall, pear brandy offers seasonally appropriate sweetness and warmth without the over-saturation of pumpkin spice.

31 days of Halloween cocktails that won't rot your teeth (but might rot your brain), featuring the Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! cocktail. It’s sweet and bubbly, dominated by strawberry with a hint of absinthe.

While Campari usually takes center stage, for this year's Negroni Week I decided to break down my favorite gins instead.