Ingredients
- .33 oz Cinnamon Schnapps
- .33 oz Peppermint Schnapps
- .33 oz Cinnamon Schnapps (firewater)
Instructions
Pour and Shoot:
- Add 0.33 oz of cinnamon schnapps, 0.33 oz of mint schnapps, and another 0.33 oz of cinnamon schnapps into a shot glass.
Serve:
- Shoot immediately and enjoy the spicy, cooling mix of cinnamon and mint.
Notes
Estimated Nutrition:
Where the name came from
Named for the emergency number you might consider after drinking it. The 911 went around US pubs in the early 2000s as a flame shot, often called Flaming 911 in some bars. The mix is two of cinnamon to one of peppermint, sometimes equal parts depending on who is pouring.
It belongs to a family of fire-friendly Fireball-and-mint shots that turned up at the height of the cinnamon whisky craze.
What it tastes like
The cinnamon hits first, hard. Peppermint cuts through right behind it. Sweet, hot and minty in the same gulp. Cold from the freezer it is bearable, warm it is just sugar and heat.
If you flame it, the heat boils off the surface alcohol and gives a caramelised top note before you shoot it. The proof barely changes, the flavour does.
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Ingredient Spotlight
The bottles that make or break this drink.
The cinnamon schnapps
- Use
- Goldschlager, DeKuyper Hot Damn or Fireball
- Try
- Goldschlager for the gold flake bonus
- Skip
- Cinnamon syrup, you need the alcohol burn
The peppermint schnapps
- Use
- Rumple Minze 100 or DeKuyper Peppermint
- Why
- Rumple Minze is 100 proof, the cooling is sharper
- Skip
- Creme de menthe, too sweet, no cooling
The flame
- Method
- Light the surface with a long match
- Wait
- Three seconds, blow it out, then shoot
- Safety
- Never lean over the glass while it is lit
What if I don't have…
Quick substitutions for when the bottle shop is closed.
Fireball cinnamon whisky works at the same volume. Less sweet, more heat.
Any peppermint schnapps. DeKuyper Peppermint is the closest match.
Drop the flame and take it cold from the freezer. Same drink, less theatre.
Replace the peppermint with another splash of Fireball. Now it is a Hot Damn shot.
Cinnamon-infused vodka with a few drops of peppermint extract. Not the same but workable.
Frequently Asked Questions
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