Homeless in Beijing

2 oz.                Dynasty (Chinese) medium dry white wine
1/2 oz.             1800 Tequila
1/2 oz.             Romana Sambuca
1 splash           lime juice 

Layer the (chilled) Chinese wine in the bottom of a large shot glass. Add a mixture of tequila, sambuca and lime juice on the top from a cocktail shaker (either chilled or unchilled). Enjoy !!

We thought it was time we tried something really daring today. Not necessarily daring in the sense of Everclear. And not daring in the sense of another 4-5 ingredient shooter of traditional libations. Yesterday we tried a recipe that didn’t have any of the hard hitters in it like vodka or rum. That wasn’t really the goal today either. We didn’t mind if today’s shot really packed a punch.

But we did want to sample something that didn’t have Bailey’s Irish Cream or Kahlua in it. We wanted to try and avoid rum as many recipes call for Bacardi 151 or another variety. We were seeking a recipe that didn’t call for banana, raspberry, or hazelnut liqueurs. We just sought a real change of pace….such as when we tried Ouzo a few weeks back. We try to keep things evolving here at ShareMyShot and after some scouring of some of our in-house literature and a few phone calls to some of our bartender friends, we believed we found something really unique to share.

Today we offer you Homeless in Beijing.

This is the first recipe we have shared that employs Chinese wine. China has been known for its grape wine for not just centuries…it has actually been traced back thousands of years. Typically rather strong, Chinese wine is itself evolving as there has been a recent French influence that has many more varieties penetrating the marketplace. The shot Homeless in Beijing calls for a pretty popular label known as Dynasty. They offer white and red wines along with a few other varieties. For today’s shot, you need their medium dry white wine.

Office lackey Keith had to go to three liquor stores here in the city before he could locate it.

And after trying three rounds of Homeless in Beijing, we could see why not too many liquor stores carry this crap. The shot tasted like I took a big glob of hair gel and shoved it in my mouth. It sucked big-time. I mean, expectations were a little reserved when we saw the recipe and the odd assortment of ingredients. But at the same time, we were seeking a new experience; something radically different. So we did go in with an open mind.

We should have stuck to a recipe that had some rum or something in there. This combination of Chinese wine, tequila, and sambuca was like chewing on a dirty dish towel. The kind of shot where even our toughest panel members were reaching for the salt crackers we set out to cleanse our palates. And reaching for them quickly I might add. Before they dry-heaved.

We even tried the wine by itself and while much better than the shot, it didn’t score high with the more educated wine drinkers in our group. And Dynasty is one of the more popular and rising labels in the Chinese wine market.

ShareMyShot gives this worldly wickedness a ZERO on a scale of 5. This tasted like we took a black marker and licked the tip for a couple of minutes. Like licking the blackboard in a schoolroom. We couldn’t figure out how the name applied until we had tried a few rounds of this nasty nectar. But now we know.

You would be better of being dressed in rags, starving, and Homeless in Beijing than drinking a bunch of these sorry shooters.

Cheers !!