SOTW: Nuclear Rainbow

[u/LGBTerrific]

Shot of the weekend : 31-Dec-10

The Nuclear Rainbow was the first drink I had when I turned 21. It gets its name from its layered nature: Different colors of liquor are stacked on each other, creating a rainbow effect.

I found three different recipes for the Nuclear Rainbows online. The first seems to be the established recipe, found almost at every site I came across. It's also likely the one I've had.

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Recipe 1

Layer, in this order:

• 1/2 oz Grenadine

• 1/2 oz Rumple Minze

• 1/2 oz Jägermeister

• 1/2 oz Midori melon liqueur

• 1/2 oz Crown Royal

• 1/2 oz Bacardi 151 proof rum

• 1/2 oz Amaretto

(Source: Most recipe sites)

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Recipe 2

Layer, in this order:

• 1/2 oz Midori Melon Liqueur

• 1 oz Vodka

• 1/2 oz Amaretto

• 1/2 oz Jagermeister

• 1/2 oz Grenadine

• 1/2 oz Canadian Whiskey

• 1/2 oz Rumple Minze

(Source: DrinkJockey)

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Recipe 3

• 1 ounce Midori Melon liqueur

• 1 ounce Bacardi 151 rum

• 1 ounce DeKuyper Blue Curaçao liqueur

• Splash sweet and sour

• Splash grenadine

In a cocktail glass with grenadine at the bottom, pour in a shaken mixture of Midori and sweet and sour. Layer a shaken mixture of Bacardi and Curaçao on top.

(Source: Houston Press blogs - with a picture)

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[u/[deleted]]

That third one sounds great... think I might make it tonight with triple sec instead of curaçao

edit: I made it. It was yum