Shot (drink)

A shot (sometimes shooter) is a small serving of spirits or a mixed drink (usually about ), typically consumed quickly, often in a single gulp. It is common to serve a shot as a side to a larger drink.

Shots can be shaken, stirred, blended, layered, or simply poured. Shot glasses or sherry glasses are the usual drinkware in which shots are served. They are most commonly served at bars, and some bartenders have their own signature shot.

The ingredients of shots vary from bartender to bartender and from region to region. Two shots can have the same name but different ingredients, resulting in two very different tastes.

List of drink shots

Beer shots

Mixed shots

• Boilermaker or Depth Charge: a beer mix
• Snakebite
• U-Boot: a beer mix
• Irish car bomb: a mix of Irish whisky and Irish cream or other ingredients in a pint-glass of Irish stout.

Non-alcoholic base shots

Mixed shots

• Jägerbomb, or Bulldozer, or Blaster: a shot glass with Jägermeister dropped into a glass of half a can of Red Bull. In German speaking countries this drink is called Fliegender Hirsch (Flying Deer). It can also be made by filling a shot glass with half Jägermeister and half Red Bull or by placing a shot glass full of Jägermeister at the bottom of a glass and filling with Red Bull.

Irish cream shots

Layered shots

• B-52 (and related B-50 series cocktails).
• Baby Guinness: Two thirds to three quarters of a shot glass filled with coffee liqueur. Irish Cream poured gently, over the back of a spoon, onto the top of the liqueur. The finished result should give the impression, if done correctly, of a tiny pint of Stout.

Rum shots

Layered shots

• Flaming B-52 (also B-51, B-52 with Bomb-bay Doors, B-53, B-54, B-55, and B-57)

Tequila shots

• Prairie Fire: tequila and tabasco sauce
• Tequila Slammer
• Tequesso: A shot of Tequila (often Patrón) chased by a shot of coffee

Vodka shots

Mixed shots

• Lemon Drop: A chilled shot of lemon-flavored vodka served with a lemon wedge covered in sugar. One takes the shot, then bites the lemon. Vodka with lemon juice can be substituted if no lemon-flavored vodka is available.
• Ruffe (see Boilermaker).
• Kamikaze: vodka, triple sec, and Lime juice, mixed in equal parts. It is also served traditionally.
• Snakebite with venom, poison snakebite, or turbo diesel (see Snakebite).
• U-Boot

Whiskey or bourbon shots

• Canadian Prairie Fire: Yukon Jack liqueur (made from Canadian whiskey and honey) and tabasco sauce
• Pickleback: A shot of whiskey (often Jameson) chased by a shot of pickle brine.
• Washington Apple: Equal parts Canadian whisky, sour apple liqueur, and cranberry juice

Wine, sparkling wine, or port shots

• Slammer Royale (see Tequila Slammer)

Cocktails with less common spirits

Mixed shots

• Bazooka Joe: equal parts Irish Cream, Blue Curaçao and Banana liqueur (Pisang Ambon)
• Golden Elk: Jägermeister and Goldschläger
• Sake bomb

Layered shots

• Pousse Cafe

See also

• Bartender
• Bomb shot
• Cocktail
• Drinking culture
• Flair bartending
• List of cocktails
• Snaps

References

External links

• About.com list of shot recipes