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Subject: Re: Layering shots
From: Dan the Melon Man
Posted: Tue May 10. 2005, 03:51 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Layering shots"  by Cheryl Charming  (Tue May 10. 2005, 02:30 UTC)
> Found a video online of Philip Duff layering a B-52:
> 
> http://www.bolsacademy.com/movie.asp?n=1a24_tech3_layer

Nifty Video.
Two points that can be observed there:

Use the bowl of the spoon, not the back. Why do the books say the back of the 
spoon? It just doesn't break the fall the same. I see trainees try to "do it 
right" all the time, I've had fecking customers lean over and say I should use 
the back. Nuh. And when removing the spoon, slide it out along its surface, 
don't lift it straight up.

When you get to the hard-to-keep-seperate layer, pour a little very slowly, 
then pause before pouring the rest. This gives you a tiny buffer of possibly 
mixed liquors, but layering clean on top of that is easier than trying to do 
it in one smooth pour. A continuous pour actually sets up a current in the 
liquid, stirring it up. Stop/start results in a smoother layer.

[Dan the Melon Man] Some ways to layer

.dan.


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