Layered / Shot
Sub-FamilySweet/Rich
Defaults
Method
LayeredGlass
Shot GlassIce
None- Structure
- Layered Spirits, Liqueur
- Formula Detail
- Layered Spirits, Liqueur
- Strength
- Variable
- Served
- Room Temperature
- Era
- 1840s onward — Victorian parlor trick to modern shot culture
- Flags
- Visual, Low-Volume, High-Proof
- Canonical Examples
- B-52, Pousse-Café, Baby Guinness, ABC, Bob Marley
- Key Technique
- Layered
- Bar Notes
- Batchability 1/5 (impossible to batch — each must be hand-layered). Throughput Flash (small volume, but slow per-unit build). Survivability 5/5 (no dilution, no ice, stable at room temp). Impressive visual, low liquid volume, high drama-to-effort ratio.
Combinatorial Matrix
47,265 possible combinations · 28 known recipes
Formula
Layered Spirits, Liqueur
Layered Spirits
345Liqueur
137The Story
Theater of density: spirits suspended in liquid architecture, layered by specific gravity and steady hand.