> Preparing for a new years eve party here, and a large group of the
> people going are interested in trying some of the flamming drinks out
> there, for the sheer "try something interesting" factor. The
> question is, whats safe to use, and whats not? Lots of drinks talk
> about floating Everclear on top and using it for the fire, but what
> about other drinks? Is 151 a safe bet? My experience with this is
> somewhere between jack and nil, and I take great respect and care in
> the saftey of my friends that I provide drinks for. So any
> information would be great.
>
>
> Daio
flaming coffee aka cafe diabolo aka cafe brunol (sp?)
more or less: coffee, brandy/cognac, orange peel, spices in a chafing dish,
take a ladel full, light the ladel and pour a streamign column of blue fire
back into the dish. nice presentation visual, but all the flaming is done
under the chef's control, so you don't have a slightly tipsy or clumsy friend
sloshing flaming 151 onto himself or something flamable like a curtain or a
woman's dress.
there are a number of flamed drinks that are pretty safe, but the everclear on
top is a cheap trick to make almost any drink flame (pure alcy lights at much
cooler temps than diluted, and as the dilution increases, the harder it is to
light) there's no "safe" bet when dealing with fire there's just reduction of
probable danger.
for something simple and classy there's always a flaming brandy snifter stuck
to the palm of your hand for a moment.