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ABC

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

ABC

1 oz.          Amaretto almond liqueur
1 oz.          Bailey’s Irish cream
1 oz.          Courvoisier cognac 

Layer the ingredients in ABC order in a large shot glass. Enjoy!

Folks, it doesn’t get much easier than this. We shouldn’t have to tell anyone where this shot derives its name from…..but since you’re drinkers, we will anyway. Quite obviously, the three ingredients start with the first three letters of the alphabet. And per the instructions, you pour them into your shot glass in alphabetical order. It’s all part of the fun of doing the ABC shot.

We actually have been sitting on this recipe for some time. Not for any special occasion, although we were tempted to post this one when the King of Pop Michael Jackson died. It would have been meant as a tribute. You know……per the song he did with his brothers. But we didn’t want to stir up anyone’s ire at the time either. So we just decided to stash it away for another day. And today is that day.

While we strongly encourage you to adhere to the recipe just as it is for the sake of a true ABC, we will pass along this one little ” cheat ” tip. If you absolutely have to, we suppose you could go with a different brand of cognac other than Courvoisier. While that is one fine brand of cognac—made all the more popular by Tim Meadows as ” The Ladies Man ” on the old Saturday Night Live gig, we will concede that the word cognac itself starts with the letter C. So if you have a bottle of Remy Martin, Martell, or Hennessy behind your bar already, we guess you can go with one of those and still call it an ABC.

But if you like Courvoisier and have a bottle in your stash, you should use this brand and you definately can consider yourself a Ladies Man ! A Ladies Man drinking a true ABC shot.

Amaretto and Bailey’s is a rather popular combination as it is. And adding in a little cognac actually turned out to be a very nice touch. Cognac is the most popular/famous variety of brandy. It traces its origins to the town of Cognac in France. But if you want to get down to brass tacks, this is a nice triple threat of amaretto, Bailey’s, and fine brandy.

It had a warm and inviting taste and went down very smooth. The women on the team gave this shooter more kudos than the men did. And the men seemed to have a fine appreciation for the drink. After all, none of us didn’t want to NOT be viewed as a true Ladies Man. Especially not in front of the females present in the tasting chamber. But it had a bold, rich flavor that was soothing on the throat and the palate.

ShareMyShot gives this scholarly shot a 4 on a scale of 5. While the ingredients are not the most creative trifecta we’ve seen, they work very well together and taste pretty damn good. And we’re sure that if you drink enough of these alpha shooters, you and your fine lady will catch a nice little “cuddle buzz”. But we couldn’t give it our highest score as it just wasn’t quite on that most elite level.

But it is definately another one of those shots for in front of the fireplace with your special someone.

Cheers !!

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American Dream

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

American Dream

1/2 oz.         Kahlua coffee liqueur
1/2 oz.         Amaretto almond liqueur
1/2 oz.         Frangelico hazelnut liqueur
1/2 oz.         (dark) Creme de cacao 

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake gently. Strain into shot glass. Serve and enjoy !

Today we wanted to share the American Dream with you. With so many people struggling in today’s economy and the job market in dire straits, not too many people are living the American dream. So if you can’t live it, at least you can drink it !

We thought this recipe might resemble the recent post for Liquid Snickers a bit too closely. Both recipes call for Creme de cacao (dark) and Frangelico hazelnut liqueur. But this recipe factors in a couple of other interesting elements and we thought we’d see if it turned out as good as the Liquid Snickers which garnered a 5 out of 5 on our scale. We figured even if it is only 3/4 as good as the other recipe, it’ll still be a pretty damn good shooter.

The Frangelico hazelnut liqueur was one of the components that carried the day with the Liquid Snickers. Do not deviate or go with a cheaper brand. We still had a half-bottle from the last time it was utilized. And both the Amaretto and the Kahlua are always in stock in our corporate liquor cabinet. You could also go with Tia Maria coffee liqueur if you have it in your arsenal.

Once again, we want to stress that there are two types of creme de cacao on the market—light and dark. We explained the difference in color and texture in the Liquid Snickers recipe. Be sure to use the dark blend for both recipes. Of course, we still had a solid supply of that spirit from our recent Snickers dalliance as well. Ours happens to be Marie Brizard Creme de Cacao, but you can try a less expensive label.

The American Dream did have a slightly similar taste to the Liquid Snickers shot. However, the American Dream tasted more like a good cup of nut-flavored premium coffee as compared to a chocolate candy bar. As a blue collar guy, I enjoy some of the flavored coffees you can get at a 7-11 or a good convenience store. They’re often quite tasty. And this shot was even a touch better than that. I hate to give Starbucks or Gevalia a free nod here, but the rich, savory flavor was more on a level with their products. And they both offer a hazelnut blend as well as a mocha blend. I know that Gevalia even offers an amaretto flavor too.

So that was the impression that the taste team agreed upon. It was comparable to the Liquid Snickers and delicious, but when we held them up directly against each other, four of the five team members preferred the Liquid Snickers. I myself like candy bars more than I like coffee. So my vote went to the Liquid Snickers.

Still, ShareMyShot.com gives this exotic little blend a 4 on a scale of 5. The nutty influence was warm and comforting even though the shot is served chilled. It is a satisfying combination of flavors that isn’t bitter or harsh…..a nice shot to do with a few friends on a cold winter night. Or snuggling up with your lover in front of the fireplace. It creates a relaxing and pleasant mood.

So if your American Dream has been a bit of a nightmare lately, whip up a batch of these and settle in for a nice, romantic evening. You deserve it.

Cheers !!

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Dirty Diaper

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Dirty Diaper

1/2 oz.    Absolut vodka
1/2 oz.    Amaretto almond liqueur
1/2 oz.    Southern Comfort peach liqueur
1/2 oz.    Midori melon liqueur
1/2 oz.    Chambord raspberry liqueur
1/2 oz.    orange juice

Pour equal parts of all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into shot glass. Enjoy.

The office staff here at ShareMyShot looks a little haggard today. A few of us made a little pact before we went on our short holiday break to do a lot of field research for our readers. I know I held up my end pretty well. And from the looks of our IT guy and the boss, it looks like they did their jobs as well.

But that allows us to come back strong here with a shot that is seemingly the best of all worlds. ShareMyShot.com is proud to share a Dirty Diaper with you !

What’s that? You say, “A dirty diaper? Thanks, but no thanks? You’ll pass on that?”

We thought the same thing at first. Sometimes the name of a shot can be a deterrent right from the start. I admit I was a little stand-offish at first too. Who the hell wants to get cozy and comfortable with a Dirty Diaper for chrissakes?

But then the ingredients were laid out and I have to admit that it seemed like a combination of many of the libations we have touted in recent weeks. We’ve got the Midori melon liqueur which is pretty tasty. We have the Chambord raspberry liqueur which I am quickly falling for. We’ve got orange juice…….which I probably could’ve used a little bit more of this morning before I even came into the office…….

The root of the drink is pretty basic. The vodka element and the orange juice—your common screwdriver. You can feel free to substitute Absolut with any brand of vodka you choose; top shelf or otherwise. With Christmas shopping in full swing now, perhaps you are ready to ration your supply of Absolut, Skyy, or Grey Goose vodka. So if you want to use Smirnoff or even Stoli, you go right ahead. It’s going to be mixed in with several other flavors and is only 1/6 of the overall blend. So almost any decent vodka will work here.

The next four ingredients are what provide most of the flavor. This is a pretty tasty shot, although the flavors pretty much all blend together to make a tropical fruit cocktail. It’s very smooth and palatable. There’s no harshness at all…especially with the shot being served chilled. My impression—–and that shared by others in the office—–is like we put a bunch of fruit in a blender with some orange juice and made a blended fruit smoothie. It’s just not as thick as most smoothies. It almost tastes like it could be a healthy drink after a hard day of work.

It is very, very good though. ShareMyShot gives this strangely named shooter a 4 on a scale of 5. You can probably drink 9 or 10 of these before you feel any kind of zing. But they are definatly refreshing and delicious.

Certainly not the usual thoughts you have when considering a Dirty Diaper.

Cheers !!

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Turkeyball

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Turkeyball

1 oz.          Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey
3/4 oz.       Amaretto almond liqueur
1 splash      pineapple juice

Combine the Wild Turkey, the Amaretto, and a splash of pineapple juice with ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into a shot glass. Enjoy.

We have another Thanksgiving shot to share with you today. Like the previous recipe for the Hobble Gobble, this shooter also employs Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey. I already covered my tradition of Wild Turkey on Thanksgiving day with my brother and my cousin. So I won’t repeat it here.

This shot is different from the Hobble Gobble in that the HG was just a simple combination of Bacardi 151 and the Wild Turkey. Pure and simple.

This one is a little bit more creative going with a more “experimental” flavor with the Amaretto almond liqueur. This is actually the third recipe this month calling for Amaretto and the second post in a row. {Although yesterday’s recipe didn’t do this liqueur proper justice}. But let’s explore this popular libation just a bit more. Amaretto is a sweet, almond-flavored liqueur of Italian origin. It is made from a base of apricot or almond pits, or sometimes both. It is frequently used in cooking…particularly in fine desserts. And it’s almost redundant to call it Amaretto almond liqueur. Almost.

The most popular brand of Amaretto on the market is Disaronno Originale. It’s known for it’s distinctive bottle. They also trumpet the fact that even with its characteristic almond taste, the liqueur contains no almonds…and no nuts at all. {That’s why it’s not quite redundant to sometimes refer to it as Amaretto almond liqueur—someone may want a brand specifically containing natural almond flavoring}.

Another label that is over 150 years old is Lazzaroni Amaretto. You should definitely be able to find Disaronno at the liquor store you shop it. You may not be so lucky with the Lazzaroni. If they don’t at least have Disaronno, find yourself a better damn liquor store already.

Coincidentally, we didn’t care for either of the previous recipes containing Amaretto at ShareMyShot.com

I myself am not a huge fan of it all by itself. However, I have enjoyed it big-time in fancy desserts like fine (real) ice cream. And I’m always willing to give it a chance as an ingredient in a shot or mixed drink. Others in the ShareMyShot office enjoy it much more than I. Honestly, none of us believe that the Amaretto element was the weak link in the other shots. One of them contained milk for chrissakes. And the other had peach schnapps being combined with whiskey. Not good.

So perhaps the Amaretto hasn’t gotten a fair shake to this point. Thus, we sampled the Turkyball !  

ShareMyShot.com gives this tasty turkey-day treat a 4 on a scale of 5. The Wild Turkey actually blended very well with the Amaretto. It’s nice that there wasn’t any peach schnapps or milk to spoil things. There is the pineapple juice. We tried the shot with the pineapple juice and without it. And the consensus is that the shot tastes slightly better with the  pineapple juice. It makes the shot just that much sweeter whereas Amaretto has a bittersweet almond taste. The ingredients all work together to make a pleasurable shooter.

So have a ball on Thanksgiving this Thursday. Better yet, have a Turkeyball. Or three.

Cheers !!!

 

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Grizzly Bear

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Grizzly Bear

1/2 oz.       Amaretto almond liqueur
1/2 oz.       Jagermeister herbal liqueur
1/2 oz.       Kahlua coffee liqueur
1 1/2 oz.    milk 

Serve over ice. It doesn’t sound too appealing, but we were told it tastes pretty good.

So one of the guys I watch pro football with regularly brought this recipe with him last night for the nationally televised Chicago Bears—Philadelphia Eagles game. While he’s not a member of the ShareMyShot staff, this friend of mine reads the recipes on the site daily and has wanted to share one for a while. While he has others he says are “more his style“, he thought this one would go great with all of us watching the Bears game here in Chicago.

And it’s jack-ass recipes such as this one as to why he is not on the ShareMyShot.com staff. Those of us who partook of the shot couldn’t decide which was shittier: the Grizzly Bear shot or the Chicago Bears football team? Just about all of us were pretty reluctant from the start. Quite simply, I don’t drink shots with milk and alcohol in them. Who the hell does?

We implored this character to offer up one of his other, more traditional suggestions. But he wanted to connect the Grizzly Bear to the football game and have a gay little theme , I guess. Perhaps I’m just holding a grudge from him exposing me to this crap-ass concoction. And I’m a little bit pissed at the Chicago Bears too. Let’s just say everything with the word “Bear” in it sucked bad on Sunday night.

None of the ingredients (except milk) are among my favorite beverages. I can tolerate Jagermeister. But I’ve never been a huge fan of almond amaretto nor Kahlua for that matter. Mix them with the Jager and some cold milk and you have one horseshit mixture. I literally had a stomach lurch as I drank the shot. Nothing ugly happened (except on the television). But it reminded me of taking Pepto-Bismol as a kid.

 You know….that thicker pink shit that was supposed to do something for your stomach. For me, it usually induced vomiting. And I think I had an instant of flashback as I brought this shot to my lips. I started drinking it and my stomach gave a little lurch. It could have been the shot, OR it could have been another lame-ass pass from Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. I’m not sure.

But I forced it down and then had that sensation where your mouth gets real watery as you try to hold something bad down. I swallowed about fifteen times until the taste was gone. And then almost all at once, we hurled insults and put-downs on our buddy.

ShareMyShot gives this bear of a shot a ZERO on a scale of 5. It blew. Please don’t ever share a shot with me that contains milk. I can handle lime juice or even whipped cream. But for the love of God, please…no milk.

Cheers !!!

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