- Dustin Park
- Nandini Khaund’s Reign in Blood cocktail
Two months ago Nandini Khaund made a cocktail with pig’s blood for the Reader‘s Cocktail Challenge (she’d been challenged by Kristin Wolfel of the Charleston). After the video was posted online, the Huffington Post picked it up and it went viral. “It was a hard thing to live down for a little bit,” said Khaund, who’s a cofounder of the app Craft Cocktail and blog craftcocktailrules.com—and, appropriately, a member of the band Bloodiest. “I remember going to Longman & Eagle for brunch, and the bartenders there just immediately being like, ‘BLOOD!’”
The cocktail she created is called the Reign in Blood, a riff on the Blood & Sand that involves blood orange juice, cherry liqueur, creme de cacao, Averna amaro, cold-pressed coffee, and Pig’s Nose Scotch—as well as a pig’s blood rinse for the glass. Those who want to try it will have to sign a scroll that’ll double as a waiver.
