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The Hang Glider Recipe | Crystal Mixer

Name: The Hang Glider Recipe
Prep time: 4 min
Cook time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1/2 oz Bailey's® Irish cream; 1/2 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur; 1 oz orange vodka; 1/8 oz Blue Curacao liqueur; whipped cream; mint

How To Make The Hang Glider

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If you're looking for the best The Hang Glider recipe, you can find it right here along with just about any other Mixed Drink Recipe from Crystal Mixer.From what's in a The Hang Glider to its recommended drinkware, and exactly how to mix & how to make the The Hang Glider drink, whether you're a bartender, mixologist, or just having DIY fun at your home, CrystalMixer has just about every drink and variation you need. This recipe version is made with these ingredients: Bailey's® Irish cream, Kahlua® coffee liqueur, orange vodka, Blue Curacao liqueur, whipped cream, mint. Some of the best shots from the classics to the newest are the Flaming Lamborghini Shot, Red, White and Blue Shot, Jello Shots, and the B-52 Shot. Also noteworthy to keep in mind, even though a drink can be made in any proportion, if your shot totals more than an ounce, people tend to have problems shooting it. So try to keep the The Hang Glider below 1 oz! We call this the Shooter Rule! It's one of those unwritten rules.

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The Hang Glider Ingredients

1/2 oz Bailey's® Irish cream
1/2 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur
1 oz orange vodka
1/8 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
whipped cream
mint

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Serves / Yield: 1 serving
Ready in: 4 min
Nutrition: approximately 225 Calories
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Glass to use for the The Hang Glider Recipe

It's recommended drinkware to use is the Shot Glass for the The Hang Glider Recipe for best presentation.

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The Hang Glider Drink Recipe Instructions

The Hang Glider Recipe Preparation & Instructions:

Combine room-temperature Baileys and Kahlua in bottom of an apertif glass or larger shot glass (this will represent the Earth). Combine Orange Vodka and Blue Curacao in a shaker cup over ice. Chill thoroughly. Using the back of a spoon, carefully layer contents of the shaker cup atop the Baileys/Kahlua mixture (this will represent the sky). Top this with 2 or 3 small dollops of whipped cream (representing the clouds). Finally, add the cross-cut tip of a mint leaf atop the whipped cream (this represents the 'hang glider').

The Hang Glider Recipe Information

Invented by John R. Flora.
Originated at Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida Keys. When made properly, this is an extraordinarily beautiful-looking drink; very eye-catching. The story is, one night four buzzed guys walked into my bar and asked me, "If there was ever a drink called a Hang Glider, what would you put into it?" I thought of a hang glider sailing through the sky and clouds, high above the Earth, and voila, the cocktail was born. Afterwards, and after belting back a few, the accidental similarities to the taste of the B-52 became apparent, and we found it both odd and coincidental that B-52's and hang gliders are all flying machines. We then started describing the Hang Glider as the 'little brother' of the B-52.

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