Liqueur is quicker

It's time to get creative with liqueurs as you get down to drinking them like never before. And what better way than to shake up cocktails that are high on flavour and glamour? Here are two recipes by mixologist Irfan Ahmed to get you started.

Electric Jager Bomb

Glass: Shot glass and a Sour or Flute glass (the shot glass must fit into the latter)

Ingredients: 15ml Blue Curaçao, 15ml Jägermeister, 15ml Grand Marnier or Cointreau Red Bull, chilled

Method: In a shot glass, pour the Blue Curaçao followed by the Jägermeister and Grand Marnier or Cointreau over the back of a spoon, creating three distinctive layers. Then, gently slide the shot glass into the sour or the flute glass. Carefully pour in the Red Bull along the inner wall of the glass all the way to the top without disturbing the layered liqueurs. Serve immediately (to be consumed bottoms up).

Test Tube Babies

Glass: 5 test tubes and a Brandy Balloon glass.

Ingredients: 10ml Baileys Irish cream, 10ml Midori, 10ml Crème de Menthe, 10ml red cherry liqueur, 10ml Tia Maria, 10ml Galliano, 15ml premium quality vodka, 90ml sparkling wine, 5 ice cubes, a cup of crushed ice

Method: Fill 2/3rd of a Brandy Balloon glass with crushed ice and place the test tubes in it. Gently pour in the Baileys, Midori, Crème de Menthe, red cherry liqueur and Tia Maria into individual test tubes. Separately mix the vodka, Galliano and chilled sparkling wine with the ice cubes, stir twice and quickly top up the test tubes with it. Serve as shots.


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