Comments on: Cocktail Fail Tale: the Broadway Smile

By: sylvan

sylvan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:55:07 +0000

My first (and only) attempt at a pousse cafe also resulted in fail. If I ever got the urge to try it again, I was going to actually bend the spoon so it could go down in the glass (and use a pour spout). But now (after reading Darcy’s post) I think I’d use a pipette.

I think it is totally appropriate to blog about non-successes because it does make things seem more normal and approachable.

By: erik_flannestad

erik_flannestad — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:37:57 +0000

A couple things.

Yeah, homemade liqueurs can throw a wrench into layered drinks. Even, as you observe, different commercial brands of liqueurs can have different specific gravities.

Plus, the high proof of Cointreau always makes it a tough liqueur to layer.

It does really help to use a pour spout on the bottle when you are doing layered drinks. Or to get all super made scientist, like Darcy O’Neil, and use a pipette: How to Make a Layered Shooter.

I definitely think it is cool to hear about cocktail experiments, whether they fail or succeed.

By: Tiare

Tiare — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:36:33 +0000

This was really educational and entertaining Stevi! i must search my memories for my own failures to post in the future or post future failures because i do fail too!

I think my most common failure is of too many things going on in a drink at the same time.

Hey, what a nice glass you have!