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Oil Slick

Name: Oil Slick
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Irish cream liqueur; 22.5 ml Black sambuca liqueur

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (3)

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Serves:

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Ingredients
3/4 fl oz	Irish cream liqueur
3/4 fl oz	Black sambuca liqueur

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Shot glass

Method

Select a SHOT GLASS.
Refrigerate ingredients.
LAYER in chilled glass by carefully pouring ingredients in the order listed.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

0.7 standard drinks
25% alc./vol. (50° proof)
9.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Irish cream liqueur — Dairy

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Review

Whiskey, cream and liquorice.

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