The Quick Fox is a layered cocktail – three layers, to be precise. Pouring three layers without messing any of them up is slightly tricky and takes a bit of practice. The specific gravity of a liqueur from one brand to the next can also vary.
This cocktail uses Irish cream, a melon liqueur, and a coffee liqueur. If you use Baileys, Kahlua and Midori, you’ll want the Kahlua on the bottom, followed by the Baileys and topped with the Midori.
If you use any other brands, as I did here, the layers won’t necessarily settle in the order you expect. However, it doesn’t really affect pouring.
When I made the drink pictured here, I poured the coffee liqueur first, and then when I poured the melon liqueur, it sank cleanly to the bottom, straight through the coffee liqueur. So the layering still worked, it just wasn’t in the order I expected.
Layering is easier than you think. If the spoon method isn’t working for you, here’s a hint: maybe you need to put pourers on your bottle to make them pour more smoothly when they’re close to full.
People ask where I got this shot glass. It’s not being made anymore, unfortunately. But you can get them on Ebay – check this link. Or get these very similar ones from Amazon – they look more stable.
Check out my video about cocktail layering:
Recipe
- 1 ounce Kahlua
- 1 ounce Baileys
- 1 ounce Midori
Carefully layer the ingredients in a shot glass and serve. Using other brands is absolutely fine, but the layers may not form in the order expected.
Richard says
September 27, 2011 at 2:28 pmHey, i got a problem with this layer. I cant seem to layer the midori properly, it always sinks and im pretty good with my layering technique, not to boast but i can layer a bijou cocktail quite easily and i made it into a 5 layer instead of three. so please the trick for this drink.
Jen says
September 27, 2011 at 6:03 pmHmm, the thing with layering is that the specific gravity can vary just a tad from one brand to the next. I guess try the Midori as the middle layer and see if that works? But it’s hard to imagine Irish cream (in any brand) floating on top of Midori. Sorry, I haven’t encountered the problem, so that’s my best guess.