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Banana Snowman

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Banana Snowman

1/2 oz.           Bailey’s Irish cream
1/2 oz.           Marie Brizard Creme de Banana liqueur
1 oz.              Bacardi light {white} rum
1 oz.                milk
1 slice            fresh banana

Combine the  ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake it until it’s frothy and strain into a jumbo shot glass. Garnish the rim of the shot glass with a banana slice.

As we steamroll our way to Christmas in just a couple more days now, we thought we’d offer up a slightly more creative recipe for you. It’s a flexible shot that can be served up on a variety of occasions. The Banana Snowman can serve as a dessert shot for you and your guests at your holiday party or after your Christmas dinner. It can be a Chrismas morning “wake-up call” meant for sipping. I could totally see myself and my wife relaxing on the couch with one of these while our kids tear open their presents from the fat guy with the beard.

If I had kids. Or a wife.

Hey, it’s not exactly easy to bag those things when you work for a corporation named ShareMyShot and your job is to sample shots and shooters everyday. OK ??

The sampling team was intrigued by this recipe. It does have three components to it with alcohol content. Granted, the Bailey’s and the Creme de Banana are pretty tame libations. But factor in some rum and the fact that you may be sipping this at nine o’clock in the morning and it has potential. And there’s no need to feel guilty about throwing one down on Christmas morning because it does have one of your daily servings of fruit——the slice of banana garnish !

Of course, I’m always a little leery of having milk in a shot. But in this case, at least it isn’t being mixed with vodka or whiskey or anything like that. I could definately see the milk combine well with the Bailey’s and the Creme de Banana. And personally, I welcome the rum so the shot does have at least the tiniest little kick.

The Banana Snowman was delicious. The whole team was in agreement on this. If you can find it and afford a few extra dollars, we really encourage you to go with the Marie Brizard Creme de Banana. You can substitute for a brand like Bols, DeKuyper, or Hiram Walker for this shooter. But the Marie Brizard is very creamy and has a sweet, strong banana flavoring. We have found that it really adds something to every shot it is a part of.

ShareMyShot.com gives this Christmas morning eye-opener a 4 on a scale of 5. If it was a Christmas morning bell-ringer, it would have gotten a perfect score. But it would need a little more punch to do that. A perfect shot has to be able to ‘get you good’ as we say in the business.

And having that philosophy swimming around in your head is why it’s a tad difficult to land that wife and kids. 

Cheers !!

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Fruit of the Loom

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Fruit of the Loom

1/4 oz.    Bols Creme de Banana Liqueur
1/4 oz.    Midori melon liqueur
1/4 oz.    Hiram Walker cherry brandy
1/4 oz.    Malibu coconut rum

Pour ingredients over ice cubes in shaker glass. Shake well, and strain into shot glass.

I have to admit, after my recent scare with the shot mysteriously called Bart Simpson, I was a little leery of a shot named Fruit of the Loom. What was this one going to taste like? The skid marks on a ratty pair of some kid’s underwear? Worse?

Thankfully, it was far from that. I think the namesake just comes from the variety of fruit flavored liqueurs in the recipe; many of which can be found on a Fruit of the Loom commercial or clothing tag. And unlike the peach schnapps in the Bart Simpson shot, at least these flavors are sweeter and play together more peacefully. The shot was actually quite good. I liked the fact it is served chilled.

I think you can really play around with this one too. There are a number of banana liqueurs on the market besides the Bols Creme de Banana listed in the recipe. Our old friends Hiram Walker and DeKuyper also market banana liqueurs. And if you really want to splurge, you can go with Marie Brizard Creme de Banana Liqueur which retails for around $20-21. Why so much? Because it’s French—-why did you think? {But like the (French) Chambord raspberry liqueur featured recently, it is worth a few extra dollars if you can swing it}. 

In the same token, you don’t have to necessarily go with Midori Melon Liqueur either. Bols and DeKuyper also have a melon liqueur selection as you might suspect. Midori is simply the leader when it comes to melon liqueurs and we would stick with it ourselves. DeKuyper definitley comes up a little short here when compared to the Midori label.

The shot tastes like a tropical drink. It’s the kind of shot where someone usually says, “I could drink a whole glass full of this like a regular cocktail.”

And they probably could. None of the ingredients are real ass-kickers like whiskey, tequila, or vodka. The different fruit flavors blend together to form a pleasant single taste….yet you can still distinguish most of them singularly. If you didn’t know what was in the shot and were asked to identify it using your palate, I think the coconut flavor would be the easiest. And then the banana, especially if you use Marie Brizard Creme de Banana. The cherry brandy is probably the toughest to identify.

Regardless, it is a fruit basket of flavor and ShareMyShot gives it a 4 on a scale of 5. The only thing keeping it from a perfect score is the fact that it could almost be a full-glass cocktail drink. It doesn’t have a ton of firepower. Very female friendly. This is a great shot for a summer BBQ at night time as everyone is relaxing with a steak in their belly. But those same traits keep it from being a perfect 5. Too tame.

But way better than tasting like a soiled pair of skivvies.

Cheers !!

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