The method
How to make it
Cook the bacon first. Crisp, not floppy, it has a job to do as a garnish and a chaser.
Combine the Irish whiskey and butterscotch schnapps in a shaker with ice and give it a short, cold shake.
Strain into shot glasses.
Pour a small glass of cold orange juice next to each shot.
The ritual: shoot the whiskey-butterscotch, chase with the orange juice, bite the bacon. In that order it tastes exactly like pancakes with breakfast sausage. Out of order it tastes like a mistake.
The serve
How to present it
Serve each one as a little place setting: shot, juice chaser, bacon strip laid across the top like a spoon rest. Walk the table through the order before anyone goes rogue. Best deployed at brunch, tailgates, or the morning after a wedding.
Make it yours
Swaps & variations
Maple syrup rimmed on the shot glass gets you closer to the waffle house. Butterscotch schnapps is the load-bearing wall here and has no substitute, but the whiskey is flexible, bourbon works fine. There is a virgin version, it is called breakfast.
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