- Want to create a dramatic, flavour enhancing spectacle during dinner tonight? Interested in a drink that wows?
- In theory, any beverage with 40% or more alcohol will ignite, although it takes at least 50% to produce a steady flame.
- The list below includes some of the better known flammable alcohols.
- Amaretto
- Cognac
- Everclear
- Gin — burns, but the flame is not as pretty as higher proof alcohols
- Grand Marnier — smells pleasant while burning
- Kahlúa
- Overproof rum (also known as Rum 151)
- Bacardi 151 — burns especially clean and fast
- Sambucca — produces a beautiful blue flame and has a distinct aniseed smell
- Scotch whiskey
- Vodka — produces big, blue, beautiful flames
- Warnings and words of wisdom:
- Arm hair grows back.
- Crayola markers are a little thick to look like real eyebrows, try Sharpie.
- Drinking a beverage from a glass too quickly after extinguishing the flame is akin to kissing a curling iron.
- You can smell burnt nose hair for days.
