shot drink

[Immi666]

what's the drink where a shot of something is dropped into a pint of something else and its drunk like that?

[Clanad]

Boilermaker

[Immi666]

what's in it?

[Clanad]

A shot glass of whiskey or bourbon of your choice dropped into a stein of beer of your choice. Here in the U.S. the beer is served cold...

[Immi666]

ok, this may be me sounding like a moron, but why? what's the point of it? not that there's much point in most cocktails i guess.

[tubeway]

It is a boilermaker also known as a depthcharge

[tubeway]

PS to clanad - here in the UK most beer is served cold too

[Clanad]

Really, I though it was served at room temperature... another old wives tale!

[tubeway]

If you drink bitter (a more old fashioned beer) then it is served at room temperature.
Most people drink lager, which is served cold - some beers are served extra cold

[Clanad]

I suspect, Immi that it's a lot like Sir Edmund Hillary's response when asked why he climbed mountains "... because it's there..." said he. Most different drinks are just another way of doing the same old thing. I have no idea why anyone would have thought up a Boilermaker, but I'm sure an aficianado somehwere could give a response...

[Immi666]

it was probably invented when someone dropped their shot in their pint and was too drunk to get it out any other way

[bednobs]

how would you "get it out" even if you were sober?

[heathfield]

I once had a wonderful evening - most of which I can't remember - in a bar in Germany drinking "U-boat'.

This was a shot-glass of cassis (blackcurrant) dropped into a tall glass of lager. (The two drinks didn't mix). When you drained the last of the lager, there would be shouts of 'Torpedo!!' as the shot-glass and its contents slid towards you.

Great fun.

[swag1616]

irish car-bomb
pint of guiness with a shot of baileys and jameson irish whiskey mixed and dropped into the guiness