Sit back, relax, and rip out an Alaskan Duck Fart...

[MoeFOH]

I don't know how it is that I'm just discovering this... but it's now my obsession to go make one... or seven... 

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Step 1: Pour the first layer
Pour Kahlúa into a shot glass.

Step 2: Pour the second layer
Align a bar spoon diagonally into the glass, resting just over the Kahlúa. Pour the Irish cream over the spoon and into the drink.

Step 3: Pour the final layer
Keep the bar spoon in the same position and pour the whiskey onto the spoon and into the glass, layering over the cream.

Step 4: Serve
Serve immediately.

Why are the layers in my Alaskan duck fart shot mixing together?
So you've just poured your second and third layers and you're left with a sort of ugly, muddy looking shot glass. Yep, we've been there; it's not as easy as it looks. If this happens to you, don't scrap the drink entirely, just transfer it to a rocks glass and add ice to serve as a cocktail. 

 

The trick to layering the liqueurs is holding the bar spoon at just the right angle so that the liquid is dispersed over a larger surface area and floats over the previous layer instead of sinking into it. To do this in such a small glass, hold the bar spoon at a diagonal angle, touching the tip of the spoon to the side of the glass and just slightly inside the previous layer. Pour the liquid as slowly as possible over the back of the spoon so that it drizzles down the back and across the drink. As long as you're pouring slowly, steadily, and over the back of a spoon, the layers will form easily. And don't try to switch the layers around – the floating layers also depend on the density of each liquid, which varies greatly in alcohol.

 

Why is it called an Alaskan duck fart?
There are many theories and stories about where, exactly, the Duck Fart was invented. Surely, such a simple shot had been made by bartenders before, but in Alaska the tradition stuck, as did the funny name. According to Anchorage Press, the shot was formulated by bartender Dave Schmidt at a bar called Peanut Farm on a snowy December day in late 1987. It's rumored that a 70-year-old woman came in and sat at the bar, and because of the slow day, began experimenting with Schmidt to create new drink combinations. When she drank the layered, whiskey-topped drink, she let out a distinct noise, a muffled burp that sounded almost like, well a duck fart.

And so as simple as that, the name was created, or so they say; some Oregonians still lay claim to the name, though with much less interesting stories. As for us, we think we'll let Alaskans take this one.

 

[Fuzz]

Swap the whisky for midori and you get a QF. Waaaay too many of those in my uni days.

[Nevrknow]

Into my second bourbon ( yep bad day ) and transposed the first letters of the last 2 words. Cue' spew a little bourbon and laugh like hell. I know, I'm weird.

[MoeFOH]

1 minute ago, Fuzz said:

Swap the whisky for midori and you get a QF. Waaaay too many of those in my uni days.

Ah, the good ol' QF... and the Flaming Lamborghini haha... a trip down Amnesia Lane. 

[Fuzz]

The 90s were just a series of layered drinks. B52, QF, Superman, Zombie Brain, Beam Me Up Scotty (one for the ST fans), Santa (not recommended 🤢), Voodoo, Irish Flag... the list goes on.

I spent too much time at the Student Union Bar at uni. 😅

[westg]

Not sure if I could do one Moe. Those milky cream type drinks just can't do it. Sadly my uni bar memories relate to only beer.

[MoeFOH]

5 hours ago, westg said:

Not sure if I could do one Moe. Those milky cream type drinks just can't do it. Sadly my uni bar memories relate to only beer.

Yeah, West, I enjoy some milky drinks but they can fly south (pardon the pun) on me quickly these days... I really think I want to indulge just to say I've done an Alaskan Duck Fart... I'm still a child. 

[jay8354]

 

5 hours ago, Fuzz said:

The 90s were just a series of layered drinks. B52, QF, Superman, Zombie Brain, Beam Me Up Scotty (one for the ST fans), Santa (not recommended 🤢), Voodoo, Irish Flag... the list goes on.

I spent too much time at the Student Union Bar at uni. 😅

Let me tell the forum of that one time where Fuzz was trying to perform a particular scene from the Exorcist in a lift... it was glorious  

A Buck's party, heavy italian pastas for dinner; many, many shots later is a bad mix for Fuzz apparently. 

[westg]

4 hours ago, MoeFOH said:

Yeah, West, I enjoy some milky drinks but they can fly south (pardon the pun) on me quickly these days... I really think I want to indulge just to say I've done an Alaskan Duck Fart... I'm still a child. 

I have not grown up since I was two farking years old 🌴😎

[Fuzz]

22 hours ago, jay8354 said:

 

Let me tell the forum of that one time where Fuzz was trying to perform a particular scene from the Exorcist in a lift... it was glorious  

A Buck's party, heavy italian pastas for dinner; many, many shots later is a bad mix for Fuzz apparently. 

26 shots in 2.5hrs and an extremely fast descending lift are my Achilles. 😅

[WarriorPrincess]

On 3/12/2024 at 10:14 AM, Fuzz said:

Swap the whisky for midori and you get a QF. Waaaay too many of those in my uni days.

One day Fuzz ask Lisa about how many QF she made when we both went to Hawaii quite a long time ago, she was behind the bar showing the staff how to make them 

Last we counted it was about 30 as she had a line up waiting for them, so funny and very messy night