The unique ingredients mean when tonic is added, the black gin actually changes to a bruised purple hue. I think Scapegrace Black Gin is an ideal entry point for flavored vodka fans or people who stereotype gin as merely “pine. To make black you need red, orange, yellow, blue and purple,” Scapegrace Black co-founder Mark Neal says.

For a fun sans-alcohol Halloween mocktail infuse pineapple and lime juice with a bit of charcoal powder.The distillery describes the gin as having “full-bodied florality with menthol-like crispiness, balanced citrus freshness and a hint of spice with a candied sweet potato and pineapple finish. I mean when presented with the chance to name a spooky black Halloween cocktail after something as magical as a full moon, how could I resist?

The Black Gin recipe above is the most common way to make this drink, you can always improvise with your own twist and enjoy.While not the gin that won the award, their Black Gin, originally released in 2018 in New Zealand, sold out in a day after launch. S.’s liquor regulators weren’t sure how to categorize “black color-changing gin with a tiki base,” Neal says.