A pancake shot is an alcoholic drink made with whiskey and a butter liqueur, often garnished with bacon. Variations include fruit-flavored alcohol and hazelnut-orange liqueur. It is often served with a slice of cooked bacon and a side of orange juice. Other breakfast dishes can also be made into alcoholic beverages.
Often referred to as a breakfast shooter, a pancake shot is an alcoholic beverage usually made from whiskey and, normally, a butter liqueur. This drink is said to closely resemble the taste of a pancake breakfast. Other ingredients, such as cranberry alcohol, can be used to vary the taste of the drink. A shot is often garnished with a slice of cooked bacon.
There are several variations of a pancake, but each should taste like buttery pancakes doused in syrup. The drink often consists of two layered alcohols and is neither shaken nor stirred. Some versions don’t layer the drink, however, and contain additional ingredients.
Butterscotch schnapps, or another butterscotch liqueur, features in most versions of a pancake shot. The other usual ingredient is a white or gold whiskey, but some versions may use a dry ale instead. To make a flavored pancake variation, blueberry, strawberry, or another fruit-flavored alcohol is usually added in addition to the butterscotch flavoring. Vodka or schnapps are the most popular flavored pancake choices. Other variations of this shot can add sugar and a wedge of lemon to a mix of hazelnut-orange liqueur.
Usually the whiskey or hazelnut liqueur is poured into the glass first, and then schnapps or orange liqueur is added, often to create the layered effect. When using sugar and lemon, after the hazelnut is poured into the glass, the lemon wedge is placed on top of the glass and the sugar sprinkled onto the wedge. The orange liqueur is then slowly poured over the lemon and into the glass. Most of the sugar will remain on the lemon, creating a gooey sweet coating. Alternatively, the lemon can be omitted and the sugar can rim the glass.
The most common side dish for a pancake is a small slice of cooked bacon, which is often twisted and placed inside the glass. Alternative toppings include typical spices found on or in pancakes, such as cinnamon. An orange juice chaser is a common compliment to a pancake shot as well. When the sugar and lemon method is used, the drinker normally bites into the lemon after shooting.
A pancake shot isn’t the only type of breakfast shooter. A plethora of familiar breakfast dishes can be made into alcoholic beverages. Blueberry muffins, waffles, and French toast are a few examples.
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