Made primarily for visual enjoyment rather than taste, layered cocktails are fun nonetheless. These red, white, and blue layers are perfect for summer fun.
Handle them carefully to avoid mixing of the layers. However, once mixed, this drink looks and tastes like a grape popsicle.
The specific gravity of the liquid ingredients increases from top to bottom. Liqueurs with the most dissolved sugar and the least amount of alcohol are heaviest and densest, so they are put at the bottom. Fruit juices and cream liquors also work best on the bottom. Those with the least amount of water and most alcohol are floated on top.
The layers must be poured very gently to avoid mixing. The trick to safely keeping the layers separate is to pour the layers over the back of a spoon, which slows down the pour and disperses the top liquid, preventing the two from mixing together. Chilling all of your ingredients and using a chilled glass also helps.
Ingredients:
1 oz. premade or store-bought blue curaçao flavored syrup
3 oz, lemonade
3 oz. Good Clean Spumante (dry, fruity sparkling wine)
1 oz. cranberry juice
Directions:
Pour blue curaçao into the glass first, then fill the glass with ice. Separately, combine lemonade and Good Clean Spumante in a shaker and very gently shake. Slowly pour this mix into the glass over the back side of a spoon. If your layers seem to be mixing together, give them a minute. They will settle and your layers should become more defined. Slowly pour cranberry juice into the glass over the back side of a spoon.
Serve immediately and watch everyone's faces light up with joy!
