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.
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
Hey, 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
Hmm, 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.