Rumple Shock

1 oz.    Rumple Minze peppermint liqueur
1 oz.    Aftershock Hot & Cool cinnamon schnapps

Pour the Aftershock into a shot glass. Add Rumple Minze on top. Serve.

This is one of your more straight-forward shots. No fancy frills. No crazy marraige of four or five different ingredients. No Caribbean or tropical fruit flavored slant. Pure and simple; the name says it all. A combination of Rumple Minze and Aftershock.

When someone on the ShareMyShot staff suggested we try this pairing, I was slightly reluctant at first. Not because I was intimidated in any way…or that I thought it was a bad combination that would taste bad. It actually reminded me of the shot we posted a few months ago called the Dead Nazi. In that recipe, Rumple Minze was combined with Jagermeister. It wasn’t bad. We gave it a 3 on our scale.

My thought was that this shooter is somewhat similar to that one in its simplicity and the fact that Rumple Minze is again one of the two ingredients. But I was swayed that this would be a good recipe to post by the simple argument that the more shots we share, the more they will resemble one that we have tried/posted before. There’s really no getting around it. So just drink it, stupid.

Besides, it doesn’t take much arm twisting to get me to throw down a shot of any sort.

Prepare this shot using only these two labels. Otherwise, quite simply, you are not making a Rumple Shock. If you use any other brand of peppermint schnapps or any other type of cinnamon schnapps, it isn’t the real thing. So adhere strictly to the recipe on this baby.

The shot tasted decent. The blending of peppermint schnapps and cinnamon schnapps is not a huge leap in the mixology game. They go together well. We were trying to think if there are peppermint/cinnamon candy canes in the winter. Or at least peppermint/cinnamon hard candy sticks like you buy at a Stuckeys in the Southern US or at a large truck stop with a huge snack section.

The shot reminded a few people of comfort snacks like that—particularly a piece of peppermint hard candy. The peppermint was slightly more dominate than the cinnamon flavor.

We keep both of these libations in our freezer. So there is absolutely no need to mix these in a cocktail shaker with ice or anything. It is ice-cold from the start. I would imagine if you happen to store one of these brands out at room temp behind your bar, hopefully the other component is in the fridge or the freezer. If not, start storing your Rumple Minze in the freezer. By itself, it is much better cold than warm.

ShareMyShot.com gives this toxic-twin shooter a 3 on a scale of 5. Like the Dead Nazi, it is a simple combination. It doesn’t utilize any of the really top-shelf specialty ingredients. But it goes down rather easy thanks to the coolness of it (temp-wise). It’s refreshing.

Cheers !!!