Quick Fox Cocktail Recipe

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.

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Flavor Profile

The flavors here are coffee, cream, whiskey and melon. It works surprisingly well to make a bitter sweet, slightly fruity, slightly creamy flavor that’s very nice.

You can stir and savor it or toss it back in one go. You can also use a larger glass and more of each ingredient to make a nice normal sized cocktail.

Specific Gravity & Layered Cocktails

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 similar ones on Ebay and Amazon.