Mexican Flag

Grenadine, Irish cream, and green crème de menthe — layered to display Mexico's tricolor, the flag's three colors from the 1810–1821 War of Independence.

The Mexican Flag shot replicates Mexico's national tricolor in a layered presentation, using three spirits of different densities to produce the flag's green, white, and red vertical stripes in liquid form. Mexico's national flag was formally adopted following independence from Spain, with its three colors carrying meanings established during the War of Independence (1810–1821): green representing independence, white representing the purity of religion and later unity, and red representing the union of Mexican peoples and the blood of national heroes. The eagle devouring a serpent while perched on a cactus — depicted at the center of the white stripe — derives from the Aztec founding myth of Tenochtitlan, where Huitzilopochtli instructed his people to build their city where they found an eagle in this pose, establishing Mexico City's origin. The layered shot typically uses grenadine for the red base, Irish cream or cream liqueur for the white middle, and green crème de menthe or Midori melon liqueur for the green top — each layer maintained by carefully exploiting the density differences between the components. The shot became a standard offering at Cinco de Mayo and Mexican Independence Day (September 16) celebrations in Mexican-American bar culture.