Base: Liqueur
B-52
Three layers: coffee, cream and orange liqueurs.
Quick answer: 20 ml coffee liqueur (Kahlúa) • 20 ml cream liqueur (Baileys) • 20 ml orange liqueur (Grand Marnier)
Content prepared and tested by BrandBar's professional bartending team.
Ingredients
Story
A layered shot from the 1970s–80s, named after the B-52 bomber (or, by another account, the band The B-52's).
Method
- 1Pour coffee liqueur into the bottom of the shot.
- 2Layer the cream liqueur over the back of a spoon.
- 3Float the orange liqueur on top the same way.
- 4Optionally flame it and drink through a straw.
- Coffee liqueur396 ₴Liqueur Brandbar Crème de Café (Coffee) 0.7 L 25%
- Cream liqueur798 ₴
- Orange liqueur384 ₴
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Questions and answers
B-52: how much do the ingredients cost?
A full set of bottles at our prices is about 1578 UAH (3 items). That is not the price of a single cocktail: one bottle lasts for many servings, and some of them go into other recipes too.
B-52: what do you need?
20 ml coffee liqueur (Kahlúa); 20 ml cream liqueur (Baileys); 20 ml orange liqueur (Grand Marnier).
What can replace “Cream liqueur” in this recipe?
Any item from the same selection will do — for example Liqueur Brandbar Crème de menthe (Krem Miata) 0.7 L 22% (384 UAH), Liqueur Brandbar Crème de Banana (Banan krem) 0.7 L 22% (384 UAH), Liqueur Mozart Chocolate Cream 0.5 L 17% (720 UAH). The taste will change, but the ingredient keeps its role in the drink.
What can replace “Orange liqueur” in this recipe?
Any item from the same selection will do — for example Liqueur Brandbar Curacao orange (Kiurasao orange) 0.7 L 25% (384 UAH), Liqueur Brandbar Curacao (Kiurasao) 0.7 L 25% (396 UAH), Liqueur Bora Bora Blue Curacao (Kiurasao) 0.7 L 21% (405 UAH). The taste will change, but the ingredient keeps its role in the drink.
B-52: how long does it take?
About 5 minutes, 4 steps.