Loch Ness Monster Shot

This Loch Ness monster shot is just as wild and fun as the name would suggest. Made with decadent layers of Midori, Bailey’s, and Jagermeister, this delicious shot recipe is an easy way to impress your guests.

One of the ingredients in this layered shot is Jagermeister. An interesting and complex German liqueur, it is a digestif, which is an after dinner drink that aids with digestion. Jagermeister is made with 56 ingredients.

If you’ve never had Jagermeister, you would discover it is thick and syrupy, with a strong herbal taste that has notes of anise, which is apparent in the after taste.

For some reason, I think of either college students or people in their twenties enjoying this liquor because frankly, it has a high alcohol percentage: 35% to be exact! So it packs a punch.

What I really love about the combination of the three ingredients that make up this layered shot is that the flavor is surprisingly delicious. You wouldn’t think these three would go well together, but they really do. When I told my niece I was making this layered shot, she said, “Oh, interesting. Let me know what you think.”

It gets my approval!

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Helpful tips

• While you could substitute different brands of Irish cream for Bailey’s and melon liqueur for Midori, there’s not a substitute for Jagermeister brand that I’m aware of. Leave me a comment if you know otherwise.
• How to layer a shot: Use either a cocktail spoon or a regular iced coffee teaspoon. I prefer to use the cocktail spoon but for the thin, tall shot glass, I have to use the iced coffee teaspoon because the cocktail spoon is too wide to fit in the glass.
• With the back of a spoon facing up, place it in and against the side of the glass. You will then slowly pour the liquid over the bowl and into the glass.
• Invest in a few pourers. This will help you with your layering.
• Using a pourer helps to control the pour, which is critical to layering any shot. But if you do use a pourer, you will have to eyeball your quantities because they’re coming straight out of the bottle, unmeasured. So, in this case, going by the glass, you will have 1/3 of each liqueur in the glass – so as equal as you can get.
• When layering shots, you place the heaviest liquor on the bottom and work your way up in weight.
• Even though I have a lot of experience layering shots, sometimes it depends on the shot glass on how clear the layers are. The tall glass shows the layers better than the two shorter glasses. Don’t worry if you don’t get clear margins in the layers. This one is a challenge, and you can see that I wasn’t quite successful.

This recipe is for one shot, so if you are serving more than one, multiply the ingredients by how many people you are serving.

How to make a Loch Ness monster shot

Pre-step

Get a shot glass, cocktail spoon and pourer.

Step one

Gather the ingredients – Baileys Irish cream, Midori, and Jagermeister.

Step two

Measure out .50 ounce of Midori and pour it in the shot glass. It should be filled 1/3 of the way up the glass.

Step three

Add a pourer to the Baileys. Next, place the cocktail spoon with the bowl facing up, in and against the side of the glass.

Slowly pour the Irish cream over the bowl of the spoon and into the glass, until the glass is 2/3 of the way filled.

Remember, don’t worry if it doesn’t truly layer. It’s tough to get this particular shot to show clear delineated layers between ingredients.

I love how the Baileys infiltrates the Midori. Look at the tendrils!

Step four

Place a pourer in the Jagermeister. Place the cocktail spoon with the bowl facing up in and against the inside of the glass and slowly pour the herbal liqueur over the bowl and into the glass. The liquid should be close to the top of the glass.

Fun, isn’t it?

I hope you try this fun and delicious Loch Ness monster shot. It’s quite tasty.

Yum.

I hope you enjoyed this Loch Ness monster shot! Try it and discover how delicious it is.

Other fun layered shots

• Mangled frogs – I know, weird name
• Girl Scout cookie
• Peanut butter & jelly
• Butterfinger

And as always, may all your dishes be delish.

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