young bartender in need of help!?

Liquors are definitely different weights. More alcohol typically means heavier. Take the example below:

1/2 oz grenadine syrup

1/2 oz Rumple Minze

1/2 oz Jagermeister

1/2 oz Midori

1/2 oz Crown

1/2 oz Bacardi 151 rum

1/2 oz amaretto almond liqueur

You want to pour your heaviest liquors in first (heaviest = more alcohol) - then start using liquors and eventually use nonalcoholic drinks like grenadine or pina coloda mix.

To make good layers, use the bottom for portion of a spoon. Pour over it and go slow. Good luck..

A few couple of tips for you. Just remember Kahlua is heavier than Baileys...so when pouring B52s, 747s, Mudslides, etc...always start with the Kahlua. Use a cherry to layer from that point on. Its fits inside the shot glass and you can get a better effect than with a spoon. I would be stoked if you checked out my new website I just started...www.talesfromabar.com. I have a layered shot I created there called The F-16. Contact me if you have more questions. Happy to share any knowledge I can. Best of luck!

Below is the link to a density chart of some liquor. Generally, the sweeter it is the more dense. Layer from the higher density down, use the back of a teaspoon to spread the flow and prevent layers mixing

http://cocktails.about.com/od/mixology/qt/spirit_g...

Also density has nothing to do with alcohol content Water has more density than Southern comfort, but has no alcohol

they aren't different weights

its thickness/consistency that allows you layer drinks

usually liqueurs are thicker than straight hard liquors