How do I “float” a liquer over juice?

Ashlee S: How do I “float” a liquer over juice?
Is there a special trick to “floating” something like Galliano overtop of orange juice? I can never get it to work.

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Answer by blondjason1221
first drink the juice… then drink the alcohol… you’ll be floating …to the toilet 🙂

Answer by woodwinman
that sounds really sexy, but you can simply float it by pouring it down a knifeon top of the other liquid.

Answer by ardlesstraveled
pour it slow over the back of a spoon

Answer by PuterPrsn
Gently and slowly pour it over the back of a spoon onto the top of the OJ. It takes practice.

Answer by maat13101
Put an inverted spoon just over the juice, tilted down and pour the other slowly onto the spoon.

Answer by ahdunno
as long as the lighter density stuff is on top then run it gently and slowly on the back of a spoon (the spoon must just be in the bottom liquid)

Answer by Actual Reality
The trick is, to slow down the pouring of the alcohol – otherwise it will break the surface and not work. So – pour it gently onto a spoon, allow the booze to flow down the BACK of the spoon, and gently fall onto the surface of the juice. Keep the tip of the spoon just ever so slightly below the surface.

This is just like breaking someone’s fall. You have to break the fall of the booze from the bottle with a spoon.

Answer by kasey_roo
hmmm maybe you pour it in layers like a rattle snake. the juice would prolly have to be really thick like so it wouldnt mix and it would just sit.

Answer by Frank
get a spoon or a cherry, hold it halfway in the juice or alcohol that you want something to float on, pour the liquer in the middle of the cherry or spoon slowly.

Answer by orf1943
Hold a spoon (upside down) close to the juice. Pour the liquor SLOWLY onto the spoon.

Answer by Fuzzy Bunny
pour carefully over an upside down spoon. try to get the galliano to pour down the side of the glass. I bartended years ago… that’s how I did it. just takes practice… and make sure it will float first… hehehe

Answer by tigermuffin03
tilt your glass of juice to a 45 degree angle talk the liquer and slowly pour into the glass make sure your pour the liquer so it touches the side of the glas completely don’t move tthe glass at all while pour if you can hear the liquer pouring into the glass you have messed up

Answer by Christi
Use a spoon but don’t turn the spoon upside down like most people will tell you, just bring the tip of the spoon just a fraction below the crest of the last thing you poured. If you really want a pretty perfect layering, only pour just a small amount first, give it a couple seconds to settle, then finish pouring the rest.

Answer by Rocks
just pour one over the other

Answer by livysmom27
If you pour the liqueur slowly over the back of a spoon (or, as some bartenders prefer, a maraschino cherry), with the spoon’s tip touching the inside “wall” of the glass, the liqueur will not break the surface tension of the juice below, and will (mostly) rest atop your drink.

I have seen this done with a liqueur and juice in your example (a Harvey Wallbanger), but in other cases, it may not work so well. If the liqueur is heavier than the juice that you’re trying to “float” it on (and most liqueurs are heavier) than it will either mix or sink straight to the bottom of your drink, regardless of how carefully you pour. More commonly floated liquors – Bacardi 151, Grand Marnier, Canadian Whiskey (like Crown Royal), all of which are fairly light bodied when compared with the average liqueur.

Good luck and have fun! ; )

Answer by Clyde P
first you pour in the juice and then you take a teaspoon and place it just above the surface of the juice and slowly pour the liquor in while continuing to raise the spoon.

Answer by creskin
Hold a spoon upside down over the glass that already contains orange juice.

Pour the liquor onto the rounded portion of the spoon and let the liquor roll off the spoon and onto the juice.

Answer by dukalink6000
You need to slowly pour it in and cascade it over something so it spreads out, like a large spoon.

Another trick is to pour it is a small ladle and lower it it and slowly tip it out of the ladle and withdraw it slowly.

it’s a lot of work, yes, but it looks very nice.

Answer by Homer
nah theres no special trick
just luck

Answer by richman
pour the liquor gently over the back of a spoon.

Answer by da big red juggalo
pour it slow over the back of a spoon and try to get it all on the side so it will slide down instead of mixing when it hits.

Answer by shiara_blade
pour it over a spoon it will help you not break the surface tension

Answer by Let me know People
im afraid you have to already be drunk to be able to do it…….

Answer by neerdowel
Just use the back of a spoon and pour the liqueur slowly over the spoon onto the juice.

Answer by Chuck
DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE!!
Fill collins glass to top with ice.
Pour midori, rum and banana liquer.
Float juice over spoon one by one.
Garnish with orange slice and cherry

Answer by winstonsmithratm
methinks you’re supposed to pour it over the back of a spoon so it lands very gently.

Answer by * Classy and Fabulous *
tilt your glass of juice to a 45 degree angle talk the liquer and slowly pour into the glass make sure your pour the liquer so it touches the side of the glas completely don’t move tthe glass at all while pour if you can hear the liquer pouring into the glass you have messed up

Answer by Krish
try it with a funnel and long tube…

Answer by deerolmind
oiur

Answer by tramlaw301
take the liquor and the juice and jump out of an airplane and you will float down

Answer by javajunkie
Im a bartender and I pour it over a cherry or a spoon. YOu could just pour them both in a glass and put them in the frig and let them separate on there own takes a lot longer but it is easier, I don’t know how that will work with juice but I have done that with types of floated shots

Answer by Terry G
Use a spoon. Posistion the edge of the spoon on the same level as the juice. Pour the liquer very slowly into the spoon. Let the spoon overflow onto the top of the juice. Practice. Enjoy. It still taste good