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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Caribbean Volcano
1 1/2 oz. Jose Cuervo Especial gold tequila
1 1/2 oz. Myers (Jamaican) dark rum
3 pinches cayenne peppers
3 dashes horseradish
3 dashes Tabasco sauce
Pour the rum and the tequila into a tall shot glass. Add the horseradish, pepper, and then the tabasco sauce. Serve. Enjoy !
After a final weekend of decadence celebrating my 40th birthday before I start making some serious changes for my health, I admit that I need a good wake-up call for today’s shot. Much like a bunch of New Year’s resolutions, I’ve set a handful of goals to start pursuing now that I reached the big 4-0. For instance, I’d like to lose 15-20 lbs. And a real quick way to doing that (almost cheating I’d lose it so fast) would be to seriously cut back on my drinking outside of ShareMyShot and maybe eliminate…………pizza. With a little bit of exercise.
I’d probably lose 20 lbs in 30 days.
But after celebrating Thursday thru Saturday and then losing an hour’s sleep due to turning the clocks back for Daylight Savings time on Sunday morning, I need a shot that qualifies as a hangover remedy. A shot that will slap my ass awake. Get me going with some gusto on a lunchtime walk with the apple I brought in.
Say hello to the Caribbean Volcano.
A couple of the panel members, including myself, were slightly tricked when one of the other panelists announced the Caribbean Volcano as today’s shot. Often a Caribbean themed shooter has some fruit juices in there and some sweeter ingredients to make a refreshing tropical shot. But this one is different. This shot is meant to heat you up. Thus, the volcano in the name.
The shot’s liquor ingredients aren’t too weak. You have a mix of Jose Cuervo tequila and Jamaican dark rum. An interesting combination.
And then you spice it up for the lava-hot element of the volcano. You toss in some horseradish, some cayenne pepper, and Tabasco sauce. That’s some serious hot seasoning!
I and many people have had tequila with a few drops of tabasco sauce in there. And I’ve added pepper to many drinks. I like my Bloody Marys pretty spicy and have used cayenne pepper in those before. But here we have the triple threat. All three ingredients that are commonly used to add a little spice “kick” to mixed drinks and shots.
The panel unanimously agreed that the triple threat provided all the kick we needed out of this shooter. It was freakin’ spicy ! A couple of the female members and one guy stopped after two rounds. I did three in pursuit of that pick-me-up I was after.
And I got my pick-me-up.
Nobody did more than three rounds of the Caribbean Volcano. While the taste wasn’t exactly bad, it is (almost obviously) not a shot meant to massage your tastebuds. It’s meant to assault them. And it does. The tequila, the Tabasco, and the cayenne were the three flavors identified most prominently by the panel.
ShareMyShot gives the Caribbean Volcano a 2 on a scale of 5. While somewhat creative, the spices used in the shot are pretty much the traditional options. The taste is pretty suspect—-although we acknowledge it is a shot meant to torture more than tickle. And while you might catch a pretty good buzz if you drank 5 or 6 of these, we don’t see too many people wanting 5 or 6 of these.
This volcanic shooter spits out just a bit too much lava for our tastes.
Cheers !!
Posted in 2 Star Shots, Bacardi dark rum, Bundaberg dark rum, Caribbean, Jamaican rum, Jose Cuervo gold, Myers dark rum, Patron, Patron Silver tequila, Sauza tequila, Tabasco sauce, Tequila 1800, cayenne pepper, flavored rum, hangover remedies, horseradish, hot sauce, peppers, rum, tequila | No Responses »
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Happy Birthday Motherf*cker
1/2 oz. Absolut Citron vodka
1/2 oz. Tanqueray gin
1/2 oz. DeKuyper Raspberry Pucker schnapps
1/2 oz. triple sec
1/2 oz. Mr and Mrs T sweet and sour mix
1/2 oz. Minute Maid orange juice
1/2 oz. Bacardi O rum
Add all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into a double shot glass. Serve. Enjoy !
Today the panel was all set with the recipe they wanted to share today. Apparently they set it up over the last few days so that we would have all of the ingredients ready and the only thing to do would be to prepare the shots and drink ‘em. Sometimes we’ll spend 20-25 minutes just deciding what shot to sample. But today the group was insistent that Happy Birthday Motherf*ucker would be the shot we’d drink.
In honor of me, it would seem. Today is my 40th birthday.
My liver thinks it’s our 65th. Dumb liver.
So today we have a rather elaborate recipe to share with you in honor of my parents’ successful coupling a mere 40 years (and nine months) ago. Happy Birthday Motherf*cker employs flavored varieties of vodka and rum with some tasty Raspberry Pucker schnapps thrown in for good measure. Some additional sweetners in the form of sweet and sour mix, triple sec, and orange juice make this close to a tropical drink/shooter. And those often taste pretty damn good.
Obviously you don’t have to use Minute Maid orange juice if your family drinks Tropicana or a store brand. Just use what you have in the ‘fridge. Same goes for whatever triple sec, and sweet and sour mix you use. Go with whatever is in your bar stock.
But you do want to go with the specific vodka blend and flavored rum that is called for. Both Absolut and Bacardi are well respected distillers who take great pride in their flavored products. And not every other vodka and rum producers offer the flavors called for here (citrus and orange). So stick to the recipe on those ingredients. As well as the Tanqueray.
The shot tasted awesome ! Happy birthday to me ! All but one panel member agreed that it tasted fantastic except one. And even that member agreed it was very favorable. He just prefers his shots a little less fruity and sweet. He’s more of a whiskey-based shot man. But he certainly acknowledged the merits of Happy Birthday Motherf*cker.
The raspberry and the orange elements blended together nicely and the Tanqueray didn’t get completely blotted out. There was still a wisp of the flavor that is so unique to the classy Tanqueray. The shot was sweet and fruity. But not in any way so dominating as to turn off the drinker. It is a shot for a hot day. Ladies will like its taste.
And as the panel found out by surpassing the company policy of 4 rounds (by just a few) in honor of my birthday, the shot does creep up on you. There are enough high quality ingredients to announce their presence.
ShareMyShot.com gives the Happy Birthday Motherf*cker a 5 on a scale of 5. It is creative with a lot of ingredients trying to steal the show. But they all play together nicely and deliver a smooth, refreshing flavor. And then there’s the punch it eventually will deliver. Use some sense drinking these.
So thank you to my taste panel compadres and everyone at ShareMyShot for a delicious birthday surprise.
Cheers !!
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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 »
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 !!
Posted in 3 Star Shots, 99 Apples schnapps, Absolut, Apple Pucker, Bacardi white/light rum, DeKuyper Butterscotch Liqueur, DeKuyper Sour Apple Pucker, Evan Williams whiskey, Grey Goose Vodka, Hiram Walker Butterscotch schnapps, Hiram Walker schnapps, Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Jose Cuervo gold, Ketel One vodka, Knob Creek, Patron, Patron Silver tequila, Popov vodka, Sauza tequila, Skyy vodka, Smirnoff's vodka, Stolichnaya vodka, Tequila 1800, Thor's Hammer Vodka, Wild Turkey, apple schnapps, butterscotch schnapps, flavored schnapps, rum, schnapps, tequila, vodka, whiskey | 1 Response »
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Just Shoot Me
1/3 oz. Jim Beam bourbon whiskey
1/3 oz. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey
1/3 oz. Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky
1/3 oz. Jose Cuervo Especial gold tequila
1/3 oz. Jagermeister herbal liqueur
1/3 oz. Bacardi 151 proof rum
Mix over ice and pour into a large shot glass. Enjoy !
Today ShareMyShot.com is very proud to share their 100th recipe with their readers. We’ve been around about 5 months now and when you start a new business as unique as this one, no one is sure exactly how long it will last. When I was first approached to come and work for ShareMyShot and they told me what the job entailed, I was a non-believer. I mean, really? Someone actually wanted me to come into work every day and suggest alcoholic shots to sample? And then give them a write-up/review based on what the entire panel of taste testers felt about the shooter?
It sounded like that episode of Cheers when Norm Peterson was given a job at the beer brewery as a taster.
I knew that the people behind the concept for ShareMyShot had a big office building in the ‘burbs where they actually oversee about 125-150 various websites. They have bloggers and researchers and IT experts and all that good stuff. So I knew it wasn’t some little upstart looking to throw out a little website. I knew they were serious about the concept. But to have a 6 person taste team comprised of three men and three women just to taste shots? Sounded like Xanadu.
Well, it turns out that the shot tasting (and my posts about them) are just a fraction of the job tasks we perform. The taste panel does contribute to several other of the websites on the company roster in various functions. But I’ll be damned if the initial invitation wasn’t true. Come in each day and sample a shot recipe and then share it with our readers.
God Bless America !!
So today…..for our 100th shot recipe…….we give to you the Just Shoot Me shot. We wanted to come up with something a little special. Something creative. Not just your two-ingredient basic shooter. Or something that involved whipped cream or milk or even 7-UP. We thought we owed it to our reader to offer up something today with some balls.
And Just Shoot Me has some balls, lemme tell ya.
The shot could almost be called the Five J’s if the Bacardi 151 wasn’t in the recipe. The first five ingredients all are labels that start with the letter J. But I think the monicker it does have is pretty appropriate. Do not deviate from the exact recipe. It calls for three of the kings in the bourbon/whisky market. It doesn’t get much better than Jim Beam, Jack Daniels, and Johnnie Walker. They’ve been good buddies of mine going back to high school.
Then we have the most recognized name in the tequila market. Many people have a more preferred brand of tequila (I think Patron is the best). But one has to admit that when you ask a ” lay person ” to name a brand of tequila, Jose Cuervo is often the first answer given.
And what would a shot called Just Shoot Me be without a little Bacardi 151 proof rum and some Jagermeister in there?
This is the type of shot that we used to call rocket fuel when we were teenagers. We’d pour a little bit of five or six liquors into a container so the parents wouldn’t notice the lower levels in their stash. All of it mixed together. It was tough as hell to drink, but it accomplished its goal for some 16 and 17 year olds looking to party. This shot reminded a few panel members of those days.
This was a tough shot to assign a ranking. The overall taste was rather spotty. When you mix six different types of liquor together, it’s tough to end up with an awesome tasting shot. The three types of bourbon/whiskey weren’t so bad blended together. But the other three components are so unique in their flavors that it created a hodgepodge that ended up pretty rough.
However, we assign a ranking to a shot also based on creativity, the quality of the ingredients involved, and the kick the shot has. And in these three categories, the shot really shined. So there was a lot of debate on whether to give this bad boy a 3 or a 4 on our scale. So we decided to let our guest panelist for the week Keith make the call.
ShareMyShot gives Just Shoot Me, our 100th shot, a 4 on a scale of 5.
And if you disagree, please send all hate mail to office lackey Keith.
Cheers !!
Posted in 4 Star Shots, Bacardi 151, Jack Daniels, Jagermeister, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker Black, Johnnie Walker Red, Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky, Jose Cuervo gold, bourbon, flavored liqueurs, herbal liqueurs, liqueurs, rum, tequila, whiskey | No Responses »
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Butt Pirate
1 1/2 oz. Captain Morgan spiced rum
1 1/2 oz. DeKuyper Buttershots liqueur
Shake both ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a shot glass. Enjoy !
One of the funnier (so he believes) guys on the taste panel brought this one in to the office citing it as his tribute to the Olympics. He said he was watching the men’s figure skating competition and it made him remember this shot recipe. Much like Jay Leno, he was his own best audience as he really cracked himself up with that joke. But he soon stopped laughing when one of the women on the taste team just casually asked him what he was doing watching the men’s figure skating to begin with?
He didn’t have an answer and eventually just cried out, ” Are we going to try this damn shot or not ? ”
Touchy….touchy.
Obviously the shot has nothing to do with the Olympics or men’s figure skating or anything like that. The name is derived from the two ingredients. Captain Morgan rum is named after a famous pirate and they use the pirate theme heavily in their logo and marketing. And the butt in this Butt Pirate obviously is from the DeKuyper Buttershots component.
So once the bad jokes and the insensitive remarks were over with, the group was ready to get up close and personal with the Butt Pirate. See how this bad boy tasted on our wet, wagging tongues.
Lord, I apologize for that there one…and please be with them pygmies down in New Guinea. {Larry the Cable Guy}
Anyway, we finally got down to business and when we tasted the shooter, one of the more serious and intelligent ladies on the panel said it tasted pretty damn close to a shot we tried about three or four months ago. And it hadn’t dawned on any of us how close the recipes were until she pointed it out. Back in September 2009, we tried the shot called Maple Syrup which was comprised of Captain Morgan and butterscotch schnapps.
This shot was basically the same thing with DeKuyper Buttershots replacing regular old butterscotch schnapps. The flavor was very close to tasting like maple syrup although (as we noted in September) it is thinner than a big spoonful of actual maple syrup. It tastes pretty good if you like sweeter tasting shooters.
So not only does this dipshit on our panel:
1) think he’s funny (he’s not)
2) insult the Olympics and our talented US men figure skaters (but he also)
3) brings in a damn recipe that we basically have tried before and already written about
Someone suggested that we kick him off of the panel for the rest of the week and replace him with office lackey Keith. Which is exactly what we did. And we told Keith to do some research and provide tomorrow’s recipe…..one that we haven’t seen before !
You’d have thought Keith just won the gold in the men’s freestyle skate. Talk about excited over a three day promotion. He stopped just short of thanking the Motion Picture Academy of America, the Dalai lama, and Emily Dickinson for chrissakes.
ShareMyShot gives the Butt Pirate a 4 on a scale of 5 —just as we did the Maple Syrup shot. It tasted very good and we gave credit for the creativity of the name. And if you drink enough of these, you just may find yourself watching the men’s figure skating competition yourself. So in the end, the Butt Pirate earned a 4 from the panel.
Cheers !!
Posted in 4 Star Shots, Buttershots, Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, Caribbean, DeKuyper Butterscotch Liqueur, DeKuyper Buttershots liqueur, Hiram Walker Butterscotch schnapps, butterscotch schnapps, flavored liqueurs, flavored rum, flavored schnapps, liqueurs, rum, schnapps | No Responses »
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Mounds Bar
1 oz. Bols Creme de Cacao (Dark)
1 oz. Malibu coconut rum
Place the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and serve in a shot glass. Enjoy !
It’s been a little while since we shared a shot where it’s supposed to taste like a delicious food. Today we believe we have a pretty good one for you. Previously, we shared a recipe for Liquid Snickers. It received a 5 on our scale of 5 and tasted awesome. Today we present to you the Mounds Bar.
Now in that December 30 recipe for Liquid Snickers, I said that I absolutely love a Snickers bar. More than Mounds or Kit Kat. And that is true. But don’t get me wrong; a Mounds Bar or an Almond Joy are pretty freakin’ good too ! And I’ve never been one to turn my back on a Watchamacallit either. Or even just a regular ol’ Hershey’s Bar. Or M&M’s.
But I digress.
With its tasty combination of chocolate and coconut, a Mounds Bar has always been a sweet snack or lunch dessert. And the simple ingredients in today’s recipe do a really admirable job of capturing this fine confection. All you need is Malibu coconut rum—which just about any self-respecting home bar should have on its shelf. And you need a good label of creme de cacao (the dark variety). While the posted recipe calls for Bols Creme de Cacao, you can also feel free to use the slightly more expensive Marie Brizard Creme de Cacao. Both will suffice just fine for this scrumptious shooter.
And as simple as this 1-2 punch is, the panel positively loved it. The coconut and chocolate meld together to taste like a melted (or liquid) Mounds candy bar. It is pretty sweet tasting without being overwhelming or too rich. It goes down very smooth, although I myself am not even sure you need to shake it over ice. It tastes wonderful chilled…..and I know many people keep candy bars in their refrigerator….but I think it would be just as delicious if it were served at room temp. Just as many people keep their candy bars in a cupboard and eat them “warm” —-for lack of a better term.
Either way, this shot was enjoyed by all. However, we feel we can only give it a 4 on our scale of 5. That mark is almost entirely based on the awesome taste. But you’d have to drink a number of these to light your fire. And while the two-ingredient combination is interesting and a touch creative, it is still only two ingredients. The Liquid Snickers employed four components. We simply felt that of the two, the Liquid Snickers deserved a slightly higher mark for its creativity and multiple ingredients. But we certainly wanted to reward the Mounds Bar fairly for being as good as it is.
So if you are having a little dinner party with friends who would enjoy a sweet dessert shot, make up a batch of each. Let them decide which one is better. It would generate some fun conversation and you’ll save money on getting a more expensive traditional dessert.
Cheers !!
Posted in 4 Star Shots, Bols Dark Creme de Cacao, Godiva Chocolate Cream Liqueur, Lady Godiva chocolate liqueur, Malibu Rum, Marie Brizard Creme de Cacao Dark, Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur, chocolate cream liqueur, coconut rum, comfort shots, creme de cacao, dessert shots, flavored rum, rum | No Responses »
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Oompa Loompa
1 oz. Bacardi Razz rum
1 oz. Stoli Razberi vodka
Pour the Bacardi Razz raspberry-flavored rum and the Stoli Razberi raspberry-flavored vodka into a large shot glass in equal parts. Enjoy !
After a short hiatus wherein the generous ownership group of the ShareMyShot corporation sent the staff of its handful of websites out to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl, we are back and ready to share more unique and delicious shot recipes. Before I get down to today’s shooter, I do want to thank the owner of the company and our Vice President for giving the staff such a wonderful experience when times are so tough. While in Vegas for the big game, we were able to do a lot of research and picked up a number of recipes from some of the club bartenders that we will be posting in the weeks to come.
Today’s shot is not one we picked up on in Vegas. But it does have a Las Vegas connection. There’s a rather infamous picture of me from about five years ago when I was standing on Fremont street in the older part of Vegas under the incredible canopy of colored lights. I have one of those football-sized beers in my hand (literally served in a full-size plastic football) and I’m obviously standing under a stretch of red lighting. Although I was not sun-burned in the least, my skin looks worse than John Candy’s burn in the movie Summer Rental.
I literally looked like I spent 24 hours in a tanning bed. My girlfriend and my best buddy give me shit to this day that I looked like an Oompa Loompa from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. To this day, whenever we are all hanging out together, they will both inevitably bring up the picture and start chanting the damn song……” Oompa, Loompa, doompadee doo. Oompa, Loompa, I’ve got another puzzle for you! “
Drives me nuts. Although I do admit I look pretty damn red in the picture.
Anyway, today’s shot is indeed an Oompa Loompa and it too is red in hue. It is a somewhat basic combination of two libations and you should not deviate from them. They are specific to getting the proper taste and color of a true Oompa Loompa. One ingredient is Bacardi Razz rum and the other is Stoli Razberi vodka. We have posted recipes utilizing both of these components in the past. They just weren’t combined together.
If you like raspberry flavor—-which personally I do—-then you will likely find this shooter to be a nice treat. The vodka and the rum work well together and there is a distinct raspberry jolt that makes it go down nice and smooth. A shot like this is hard-pressed to earn our highest marks because of its simplicity and small number of ingredients. But ShareMyShot does give it as high of a rating as we thought possible in rewarding it a 3 on a scale of 5.
There was a lot of discussion of giving the shot a 4, but with just the two ingredients we concluded that a 3 was as high as we could go. It would also take a good five or six rounds of this fruity shooter to rev your engines. So that was the deciding factor in sticking with a rating of 3.
Still, it is a shot that would make Willy Wonka and his whole team of Oompa Loompas proud. It is sweet in nature and very flavorful. A great shot for a group of friends out having fun that aren’t trying to prove their manhood or put hair on their chests.
Perhaps the only bad part of this shot is that now I’m gonna have that damn song in my head the rest of the day.
Cheers !!
Posted in 3 Star Shots, Bacardi Razz rum, Stoli Razberi vodka, berry flavored shots, comfort shots, dessert shots, flavored rum, flavored vodka, rum, vodka | No Responses »
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Fainting Goat
1/2 oz. Bacardi Limon rum
1/2 oz. Bacardi Coco rum
1/2 oz. Bacardi Vanila rum
1/2 oz. Bacardi O rum
1/2 oz. Bacardi Razz rum
1 splash cranberry juice
Combine all of the rums into a tumbler with ice. Add enough cranberry to turn the drink a light red color. Shake well and strain into a large shot glass. Enjoy !
No, we aren’t being paid a promotional fee by the folks at Bacardi to try this shooter. It was suggested to us by a bartender we know named Kathy. She works at the Smilin’ Goat Pub on 47th Street in Lyons, Illinois.
Actually, I was a little surprised that she was able to come up with this shot when I stopped in there the other day for a couple of cold ones. The Smilin’ Goat is definately a beer-and-a-shot bar. Don’t get me wrong…..it’s a cool little place with some friendly regulars and cutie pie Kathy there behind the bar. But it is a small place. And it’s definately not the type of place you associate with exotic drinks or expensive, creative shots. I wouldn’t have thought that they had all of these varieties of Bacardi behind the counter to fix this shot.
Well, it turns out (per Kathy) that they do not claim to have invented this shot at all. They heard about it elsewhere. But the name they were given was the Fainting Goat and both she and the owner of the Smilin’ Goat tried it and really liked it. So they thought it would be a nice “house shot” to offer at the Smilin’ Goat. They admit that not too many people order it, but they always have the Bacardi fixings “at the ready” for whenever someone does ask for one. The price deters many of the regulars at $8.50 per shot. But they say that sometimes a group of three or four of the “younger crowd will order a round when they’re celebrating something or just getting happy“.
Good enough explanation for us. We’re happy to give this rummy shot a try.
Obviously, it’s not all that hard to make; equal parts of the (5) different blends of Bacardi rum, and as the recipe states…enough cranberry to make the overall hue slightly reddish. It’s served chilled.
We found it to be a pretty tasty mix. We’ve used Bacardi O somewhat recently in the recipe for the G Spot. And almost all of us on the taste panel have tried the other flavors too—-the Bacardi vanilla blend, the Bacardi Limon, etc. So none of the ingredients were exactly foreign to us. It was just a matter of how good they would taste in one, single invention.
And as I said, the answer was pretty good. The lemon / lime citrus flavor of the Limon was pretty evident, as was the taste of raspberry from the Razz. Although we do acknowledge that particular tinge may have been enhanced or complemented by the addition of the cranberry juice. As far as the least evident flavor, it was somewhat hard to identify the vanilla thru all of the tangy fruit flavors. The coconut from the Coco blend may have disguised it somewhat.
This was a fun shot. We enjoyed trying to discern the various components. ShareMyShot gives this house shooter at the Smilin’ Goat in Lyons, Illinois a 4 on a scale of 5.
Stop on in and see our friend Kathy behind the bar. And order yourself a Fainting Goat while you’re at the Smilin’ Goat.
Cheers !!
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Stinky Weasel
1 oz. 1800 Tequila
1 oz. Bacardi 151 rum
1 oz. lemon juice
1 dash sugar
Put the tequila into the shot glass. Add the 151 rum and then the lemon juice. Add the dash of sugar last and stir it slightly with a toothpick.
Whenever we have a new recipe to sample that isn’t really well known like Jagerbombs and Buttery Nipples are, the first question posed around the discussion table is whether anyone on the taste team is familiar with the shot or has tried it before. Not exactly a earth shattering revelation on how we operate.
Today when that question was asked about the Stinky Weasel, everyone said that they hadn’t ever tried the proposed shooter. However, one of the more attractive females on our panel joked that while she hasn’t ever drank a stinky weasel, she’s been up close and personal with a few. That was a ballsy enough statement to make as it was. Literally. But then one of the (self percieved) witty guys at the table replied,
“Well, that’s what happens when you shack up with homeless dudes every weekend.”
Not the most intelligent thing to say to a woman under any circumstances. Dipshit.
Once order was restored and the office furniture back in place, we could get back to the business of alcohol. So we turned our attention back to the Stinky Weasel. The shot, that is.
This isn’t one of the more elaborate shots we have tried lately, but not all of them can employ fine French liqueurs or five ingredients at a time. This one calls for specifics and is rather cut-and-dried. You combine powerful components like 1800 Tequila and Bacardi 151 and temper it just a bit with the lemon juice and a pinch of sugar. That’s it. Plain and simple.
I’m not sure how the name applies to be honest with you. But as we’ve learned over the first 90 recipes or so, the name is not always a direct hit for the shooter.
This shot wasn’t near the worst we have tried at ShareMyShot, but it was nowhere near the quality of some of the recent shooters we have sampled. The tequila dominated the taste of the shot. And with the lemon juice being equal part to any of the other components, that sour substance made its presence known as well. Tequila often gives one a rather bitter, sourpuss expression on the faces of those who are not big fans. And the influence of the lemon juice exaggerated that effect. There were some funny-ass faces at today’s session….lemme tell ya.
The taste of the rum seemed to get a little bit lost in the mix, although the kick that 151 proof rum provides was still very evident.
Some team members stopped at three rounds and others “manned up” to do a fourth. Those that tried four rounds felt the punch of the two main liquor ingredients. But as a group, overall we could only reward this shot with a 2 on a scale of 5. The creativity level was low, the taste was so-so, and we did give it points for its power. And in the end, that added up to a 2 out of 5.
Perhaps the greatest lesson to come out of today’s recipe is that when a woman tries to make a joke about her experience with stinky weasels, just give her the laugh and move on. Don’t try to be cute with some half-assed response. It just isn’t worth it.
Cheers !!
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