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151 Ways To Die

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

151 Ways To Die

 
1/2 oz.          Bacardi 151 rum
1/2 oz.          Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey
1/2 oz.          Everclear alcohol
1/2 oz.          Cazadores tequila 

Combine all of the ingredients in a shot glass and then drink. No particular order is necessary. If you want to, you can use a spoon to float each alcohol atop another. But this drink is not supposed to be pretty. It is to get drunk. Fast. Enjoy !

One of the guys on the panel brought this one in today. It’s his birthday. And he’s only in the office for the taste test and the discussion. Then we’re taking him to lunch and he’s heading off to party deep into the night. So he thought he’d bring in a recipe that would rev up his engines for his day of decadence. Anytime you are dealing with a shot called 151 Ways To Die……I think that will suffice.

This lethal liquid has four powerhouse ingredients to it. Three of them we have employed in past recipes. This one calls for Cazadores tequila which is a fine brand of tequila. We haven’t specifically used this in any prior recipe, but it is great tasting—-very savory—-and you can usually secure a bottle for between $34–40 at a good liquor store. If you are short on funds these days like so many of us are, you can substitute your favorite brand for the Cazadores. You won’t hurt the shot by using Sauza or Patron here. But if you can add a bottle of Cazadores to your bar stock, by all means give this label a try.

Regardless of the tequila you use, be prepared for the smackdown that this shot will deliver. It’s not hard to see by the ingredients that this shot will hit you hard. Anytime a shot uses Everclear, you should be respectful of its power and use some common sense.

Like many of these ass kicking shots with a handful of really strong ingredients, the taste was a medley of whiskey and tequila mostly. Those flavors seem to hold their own when paired up with vodka, rum, and in this case Everclear. The rum and the Everclear kind of get pushed to the background. And appreciating the whiskey/tequila taste combo is something that you have to acquire over time. Some people like it. Others think they are a bad clash.

This shot reminded us a lot of yesterday’s shot by way of the characteristics we use to assign it a grade. It has a nice collection of fine, well-known liquors. And it certainly is powerful and will mess up your mind. The taste is tolerable, while not exactly delicious. And the creativity of the whole thing is evident, but not worthy of a gold medal.

ShareMyShot gives the shooter 151 Ways To Die a 3 on a scale of 5. That is what we gave yesterday’s shot (the Cluster Fuck) as well. Neither was head-and-shoulders above its counterpart. They had a alot of similar qualities and we feel both deserved a mid-range rank.

Just do be careful drinking either today’s shot or yesterday’s libation. You don’t want to end up on that show on the Spike channel called 1000 Ways to Die where they profile (mostly) idiots going to a premature death.

151 Ways To Die is enough.

Cheers !!

Posted in 3 Star Shots, Bacardi 151, Black Velvet whisky, Cazadores tequila, Evan Williams whiskey, Everclear, Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Jose Cuervo gold, Knob Creek, Patron, Patron Silver tequila, Sauza tequila, Tequila 1800, Wild Turkey, rum, tequila, whiskey | No Responses »

Cluster Fuck

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Cluster Fuck

 
1/2 oz.             Jack Daniels Tennessee whiskey
1/2 oz.             Wild Turkey Kentucky bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz.             1800 Tequila
1/2 oz.             Bacardi light rum
1/2 oz.             Skyy vodka
1/2 oz.             DeKuyper butterscotch schnapps
1 oz.                99  Apples schnapps 

Pour the Tennessee whiskey, the Kentucky bourbon, the tequila, the rum, and the vodka into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well, and strain into a double shot glass. Add the butterscotch and the apple schnapps in at the end. Serve. Enjoy !

Perhaps another name for today’s recipe could have been The Kitchen Sink. Because obviously, this shooter has everything in it but the damn kitchen sink. But instead, this seven ingredient poison party is known as Cluster Fuck.

Now I’ve been familair with this term for some time….often I hear people throw a ” Mongolian ” at the front of it. For instance, when you are talking to a friend at the bar and you ask, ” Say, how did that huge project turn out at work ? ”

And their reply is, ” Oh Christ !! It was a Mongolian Cluster Fuck ! ”

Or sometimes some of the guys I watch football with on Sunday may throw this term out. Such as after the Chicago Bears fail to score a touchdown after having a first down on the one yard line. Inevitably, someone says, ” Well that was the usual cluster fuck by the Bears ! ”

But today, we hope that the Cluster Fuck is more of a friendly beast. It seems friendly enough—-what with the wide array of ingredients including a couple of tasty contributors like Jack Daniels and 1800 Tequila. Then there seems to be a couple of tamer schnapps thrown in on top to temper the potency of the prior ingredients. And thankfully for once, neither of them are peach schnapps !

So we have an eclectic collection of powerful libations finished off with a butterscotch / apple topping to it. I’m game !

The shot was interesting to say the least. And perhaps the funny thing is that the panel was almost duped into trying four rounds of this powerful punch in an effort to identify which tastes stood out and which ones were muted. And after four rounds of a double shot glass of Cluster Fucks, well……..you really do start to feel it.

Some really felt that you could taste the schnapps more than anything else with that element laying on top of the whole shot. And of the schnapps, the apple seemed to be most prominent. Perhaps it should be that way as there was twice as much apple schnapps versus any other ingredient. And it was on the top. Others on the panel felt that the whiskeys were at the forefront more than the other libations. The vodka and the rum seemed to be the most muted of the ingredients. And one panel member strongly felt that the tequila was the most recognizable. So there was a variety of opinions on what flavor was the most potent. And all agreed that the shot was mighty strong.

What prevented the shot from earning a really high mark on our scale was the overall taste. It wasn’t bad as some of the shots with so many components can be. But it wasn’t a lip smacking blend the way some fruity liqueurs work well together to make more of a tropical shot. Or how fruit juices like orange juice or cranberry juice can work well with vodka or rum. This shot struggled to define a true taste identity.

The Cluster Fuck was indeed a true cluster fuck.

And as a result, ShareMyShot gave it a 3 on our a scale of 5.

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 !!!

 

Posted in 4 Star Shots, Amaretto almond liqueur, Disaronno Originale, Lazzaroni Amaretto, Thanksgiving, Wild Turkey, bourbon, flavored liqueurs, fruit juices, liqueurs, pineapple juice, whiskey | No Responses »

Hobble Gobble

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Hobble Gobble
 
1/2 oz.    Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz.    Bacardi 151 rum 

Pour Wild Turkey into a shot glass. Add the Bacardi 151 rum, stir briefly and serve.

With the holiday just two weeks from today, we guess we could call this shot our first Thanksgiving-themed recipe. It has the right ingredients: Bacardi 151 to make you hobble, and Wild Turkey to make you gobble. Plain and simple. A little rum and a little bourbon whiskey to make your turkey day a little more festive.

I used to have a tradition on Thanksgiving day before I would go to my grandmother’s house or my parents’ home for dinner. Starting about when I was 17, I used to get together with my older cousin around 11AM when football was just starting, and we would split a bottle of Wild Turkey. Just making toasts and doing shots. This is the cousin who turned me on to Rigazzi’s Italian restaurant in St. Louis {see recent post: Drunken Bunny}. When he passed away some years ago, the tradition lived on with my brother and another friend of ours. Every year…..football kicked off by 11:30, and the Wild Turkey started flowing. There’s always a toast to our missing cousin. We actually still do it as best we can, but sometimes the family dinner schedule forces us to skip a year now and then.

This basic shot brings back those cool memories for me. After all, we’re just adding Bacardi 151 to my usual holiday shooter.

It isn’t the most flavorful shot like some of our recent recipes for dessert shots and tropical fruit shots. This is more of your traditional “manly” shot. A slight burn on the back of your throat on the way down and a bourbon aftertaste. Don’t use anything other than Wild Turkey or you’re not making a true Hobble Gobble.

We suppose you could substitute Bacardi 151 with either Bacardi Light or Bacardi Dark. And of those two, we would recommend Bacardi Light first. But if you can stick to this elementary recipe “as is”……then just keep it simple. Use the KISS principle (keep it simple, stupid! ).

ShareMyShot gives this no-nonsense shooter a 2 on a scale of 5. It’s not that it is a turkey of a shot. Not at all. In fact, I voted that we assign it a 3 on the scale. But in discussing it with the rest of the ShareMyShot staff, they convinced me that I might be giving it extra credit due to sentimental reasons. So in the end, we unanimously agreed that it deserves a 2 on the scale of 5.

It is not a super creative mixture. There is no element of exotic flavor or taste appeal. As far as color or presentation, it is very basic. It is comprised of just two standard libations. What it will do is give you a buzz if you shotgun down four or five of these bad boys.

And at this time of the year, shotguns should only be used to hunt real wild turkeys. And big 8-point bucks.

Cheers !!

Posted in 2 Star Shots, Bacardi 151, Bacardi white/light rum, Rigazzi's Italian restaurant, Thanksgiving, Wild Turkey, bourbon, rum, whiskey | No Responses »

Jim Morrison

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Jim Morrison

1/2 oz.   Jack Daniels Tennessee whiskey
1/2 oz.   Jim Beam bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz.   Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz.   Seagrams 7 whiskey

In a double-shot glass—or any glass big enough to hold 2 shots—-mix in the Jack Daniel’s, Jim Beam, Seagram 7, and Wild Turkey. The order in which you add them isn’t vital. If you want to adhere to the way they are listed here, feel free to do so. However, the shot is not exactly ruined if you deviate from this suggested order. Take a deep breath. Gulp it down.

Like its namesake, this is a shot for those people who like to party. I’ve always been a big fan of Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors. This was a man who liked to partake in the spirits department. Both in his mind and in his body. Unless you really had way too many of these shooters, we don’t think you’ll be seeing any spirits. Maybe some trails after 6 or 8 of them. So this isn’t exactly a Halloween shot like the last few recipes we’ve posted. Unless you plan to go out to parties dressed as Jim Morrison.

This is a combination of four of the more popular whiskeys on the market. And they all have a degree of potency. It was only a matter of time before someone combined all of the whiskey brands sitting behind their bar into one, powerful super-whiskey. For the sake of this specific shot (recipe), stick to the labels identified. ShareMyShot suggests you don’t substitute Evan Williams or Knob Creek for any of the brands in the Jim Morrison shot. Those labels can be tried in different combinations with each other, or even with some of these ingredients and bestowed their own personal names. So stick with the four brands indentified in the recipe to make a Jim Morrison.

I’m a whiskey man. And combining a few whiskeys doesn’t usually turn the taste into something awful. There are many nights where I will be drinking the last of my Jack Daniels and then have to move on to Jim Beam when the Jack is gone. My tastebuds and stomach can usually differentiate between the two, but there’s nothing negative involved. It’s simply that to work at ShareMyShot.com, you have to be a proven connoisseur of everything alcoholic ! That means telling different brands of whiskey and bourbon apart.

So I thoroughly enjoyed this shot. Coming in at 2 full ounces, it is a “big” shot as compared to most. The four whiskeys work well together in that the drinker doesn’t feel like there are four competing liqueurs trying to dominate each other. It almost comes across as a seperate, 5th brand of whiskey that has attempted to capture the subtle differences of its four ingredients. Some experienced drinkers may also know this shot as The Four Desperados or perhaps The Four Horseman.

Whatever name you know it by, we at ShareMyShot give this union of forces a 4 on a scale of 5. It’s not so elaborate as to earn the very highest mark. But it is a nice combination of brands for my favorite libation.

As Jim Morrison would say, “Show me the way to the next whiskey barrr…..oh, don’t ask why. Oh, don’t ask why.”

Cheers !!

Posted in 4 Star Shots, Evan Williams whiskey, Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Knob Creek, Seagrams 7, Wild Turkey, whiskey | No Responses »

I See Dead People

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

I See Dead People


1/2 oz.   Everclear
1/2 oz.   Bacardi 151 rum 
1/2 oz.   Grey Goose Vodka 
1/2 oz.   Wild Turkey

Pour in equal portions into a large shot glass. Pour in order of recipe, although one can be spontaneous. Having the Wild Turkey on top as the last ingredient helps the drinker get the taste of the whiskey first and pre-dominantly. If someone has the stones to put the Everclear in last and prefers that ingredient to be the first jolt to their system……..hats off to you.

While the recipe also calls for Grey Goose Vodka, in a pinch you can use a substitute brand. For the most part, we at ShareMyShot prefer to stick to a recipe exactly as it is presented to us. And we have an ample bar selection on-hand. But if a shot is a multi-ingredient combination and calls for vodka, it is often OK to go with another top-shelf brand. When possible, go with the brand identified. And at the same time, we highly recommend that you stick with the Wild Turkey in this recipe and don’t deviate with another brand of whiskey.

This is a recipe that lives up to it’s name. Have 4 or 5 of these at your next party if you don’t mind seeing trails later. Or possibly be the guy wearing a lampshade. But the overall flavor of the shot isn’t as heart-stopping as you might expect. It’s a surprising blend of powerful libations that work as one to really zing your ass.

We at ShareMyShot.com give this “take no prisoners” mixture a 5 on a scale of 5. It delivers what it indicates it would deliver……a no-holds-barred whallop of a shot. It doesn’t dumb-down the power of the ingredients with any chilled material. It doesn’t hide the most powerful components with a lightweight mixer like fruit juice or fruity schnapps. It is what it is……..a union of some of the more potent intoxicants out there with a heavy alcohol volume.

And if you have one too many of these bad boys, you may very well see dead people. And who doesn’t like that?

Cheers !!

Posted in 5 Star Shots, Bacardi 151, Everclear, Grey Goose Vodka, Wild Turkey, rum, vodka, whiskey | No Responses »

Wild Black Betty

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Wild Black Betty

1/5 oz Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey
1/5 oz Jack Daniel’s whiskey
1/5 oz Southern Comfort peach liqueur
1/5 oz grenadine
1/5 oz lime juice

Pour all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker over ice. Feel free to use a different peach liqueur if you don’t have Southern Comfort on hand. But adhere closely to the Jack Daniels and the Wild Turkey specifications. Shake and strain into a shot glass. Enjoy.

This shot calls for multiple ingredients that you may have to gather before a party or blowout. It’s not something easily thrown together from what’s on-hand.

But any extra effort you have to make to serve this one to your guests is worth it. Just watch the looks on their faces when they try it and see how many ask you how to make it.

We at ShareMyShot.com give this concoction a 5 on a scale of 5.

This incredible shot may or may not be named after the ’70s song. Regardless, we promise it’ll please your taste buds and those of the people you turn on to it.
A mixture of all the best libations.

Cheers!

Posted in 5 Star Shots, Grenadine, Jack Daniels, Southern Comfort, Wild Turkey, bourbon, lime juice | No Responses »

.46 Magnum

Monday, September 21st, 2009

.46 Magnum

1 oz Jim Beam whiskey
1/2 oz Johnnie Walker Black whiskey
1/2 oz Romana black sambuca
1/2 oz Wild Turkey 101 whiskey

Combine all of the ingredients together in an old-fashioned glass and stir. Or for additional servings, multiply the ingredients appropriately and pour them into a cocktail shaker (no ice). Shake briefly and serve in tall shot glasses.

Stick to the recipe as given. Don’t try replacing the Jim Beam with Jack Daniels. Or try to insert Knob Creek into the mixture or anything. Those whiskeys have their own combinations to play with. The Johnnie Walker and the Wild Turkey are there to make this shot as “lethal” as possible.

If you want a shooter that really packs a wallop, this is the one for you. This one isn’t exactly for the ladies or your buddy with the glass stomach. This is the type of shot that will put hair on your chest. We’re talking a combination of three of the legends in the whiskey business. Factor in a little sambuca and you got a real pistol here. This is a good one for the bowling team. Or the softball team after a tough loss. Any bar worth its salt should be able to throw together this firearm….uh….firewater together for you.

Mama always said not to play with guns. We here at ShareMyShot.com give this shooter a 3 on a scale of 5. Cheers !!

Posted in 3 Star Shots, Black Sambuca, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker Black, Wild Turkey, whiskey | No Responses »