I learned this one from my brother in law, who was a showtender in a previous life; alas, it was at a now-defunct barbecue joint, and I didn't know him then. Still, he can show me a thing or two.
He actually introduced it to me and my sister at a cousin's wedding, or rather, the reception. The bartender there didn't know it but he had all the ingredients and was amenable to learning new recipes; once we had three bulldogs in our hands, the people in line behind us immediately said "Ooh, what's that?"
It is, as they say, or at least as I like to say, dangerously smooth.
Start with two shots or a larger one to one mix of vodka and kahlua. Standard black Russian so far, right?
Top off with cream, or milk if it's all you got: white Russian territory now.
The thing that sets it apart is now you add a splash or so of Coke. I've heard root beer works but I haven't tried it yet.
It's not a radically different drink, and there's not enough Coke to curdle the dairy component unless you let it sit there for a while, but the bubbly sweetness lightens the drink up so it's no longer obvious that you're drinking something that's half liquor.
When we went back up for refills, everybody was ordering them; when we went back again, the bartenders were out.
He actually introduced it to me and my sister at a cousin's wedding, or rather, the reception. The bartender there didn't know it but he had all the ingredients and was amenable to learning new recipes; once we had three bulldogs in our hands, the people in line behind us immediately said "Ooh, what's that?"
It is, as they say, or at least as I like to say, dangerously smooth.
Start with two shots or a larger one to one mix of vodka and kahlua. Standard black Russian so far, right?
Top off with cream, or milk if it's all you got: white Russian territory now.
The thing that sets it apart is now you add a splash or so of Coke. I've heard root beer works but I haven't tried it yet.
It's not a radically different drink, and there's not enough Coke to curdle the dairy component unless you let it sit there for a while, but the bubbly sweetness lightens the drink up so it's no longer obvious that you're drinking something that's half liquor.
When we went back up for refills, everybody was ordering them; when we went back again, the bartenders were out.
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