Oh, it’s time for the heat! It’s time for the pain! It’s time for the Flatliner, pousse-cafe (layered) shooter with Tabasco sauce. The layering is for effect, coolness and flavor. The name comes from the neat “flat line” across the middle of the drink, because after this you may feel like you’re flatlining.
We’re rolling with a simple shooter today, the Drunk Monkey #2, it has only two ingredients: banana schnapps (99 bananas) and sambuca. It’s got a taste all its own, banana wrapped in black liquorish with a bit of burning fire.
Halloween Cocktail Recipes are here, and we’re starting with the Kahlúa Black Cat, a simple start to the festive time of year in the United States and anyone else who wishes to join along. This recipe brings along some sambuca, kahlúa and vanilla vodka (we’re using Three Olives) with a couple espresso beans to build [...]
The Balrog shooter doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the Lord of the Rings movie, but it is a neat little recipe non-the-less. The Hornito’s Tequila, Tito’s Vodka and Averna Sambuca mingle together to make a slightly firery cocktail with a good tequila finish. Show Links: Print The Recipe Now (or later) Tito’s [...]
Are you looking to challenge yourself as a pousse-cafe creator? How many layers have you created in your shot glass? We’re going with five this week in the Flaming Monkey Asshole shooter, we’re not sure where the name came from and we’re not sure we want to know. Layer in order: grenadine, creme de menthe, [...]
The Via Veneto is our first official sambuca cocktail recipe on Common Man Cocktails. Although this cocktail only contains a minor amount of Sambuca, it’s enough to really give the brandy cocktail a personality. We chose Averna Sambuca Liquirizia because it has great flavors and deep black liquorice taste. If you love the flavor of [...]
