A shooter, or shot, is a small serving of
spirits or a
mixed drink (usually about one US fluid ounce or 30 millilitres), typically consumed quickly, often in a single gulp. It is common to serve a shooter as a side to a larger drink.[1]
Shooters can be shaken, stirred, blended, layered, or simply poured.
Shot glasses or
sherry glasses are the usual
drinkware in which shooters are served. They are most commonly served at
bars, and some
bartenders have their own signature shooter.
The ingredients of shooters vary from bartender to bartender and from region to region. Two shooters can have the same name but different ingredients, resulting in two very different tastes.
Snakebite: variations and alternate names: Snakebite and black, Diesel, Snakey B, Purple nasty, Purple, Black, Deadly snakebite, Hard snakebite, and Super snakebite.
Irish car bomb: a mix of Irish whisky and Irish cream or other ingredients in a pint-glass of Irish
stout.
Shooters with non-alcoholic bases
Mixed shooters
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.
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.
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.
^DeGroff, Dale (2002). The craft of the cocktail : everything you need to know to be a master bartender, with 500 recipes (1st ed.). New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers.
ISBN9780307762276.
OCLC669067001.