Boilermaker (beer cocktail)
A boilermaker is either of two types of beer cocktail. In American terminology, the drink consists of a glass of beer mixed with a shot of whiskey.[1] In England, the term boilermaker traditionally refers to a half pint of draught mild ale mixed with a half pint of bottled brown ale.[2]
Name
The American cocktail originated in Butte, Montana in the 1890s. It was originally called a Sean O'Farrell and was served only when miners ended their shifts.[3][4][5]
When the beer is instead served separately as a chaser, that is often called simply a shot and a beer.[6] In Scotland, the serving of a half pint of beer alongside a "wee hauf" glass of whisky (Script error: No such module "convert".) is called a half and a half.[7]
The English boilermaker (a mix of draught mild and bottled brown ale) is also known as a 'brown split' in the south-west of England, although it also refers to the American shot and pint.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The boiler-maker name for the ale cocktail dates back to circa 1920.[8]
Drinking
There are a number of ways to drink an American beer chaser:
- Traditionally, the liquor is consumed in a single gulp and is then "chased" by the beer, which is sipped.[9][10]
- The liquor and beer may be mixed by pouring or dropping the shot into the beer. The mixture may be stirred.[9] If the shot glass is dropped into the beer glass, the drink can also be known as a depth charge.[11]
Similar drinks
Other pairings of a shot and a beer are possible; traditional pairings include:
- Herrengedeck ("gentlemen's menu"), a German pairing of Korn (grain brandy) and beer[12]
- Regenschirm ("umbrella"), a German pairing of Allasch and Gose[13]
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- Irish car bomb (cocktail), a pairing of a shot of Irish cream and whiskey into a glass of stout[14]
- <templatestyles src="Template:Visible anchor/styles.css" />Kopstootje ("little headbutt"), a Dutch pairing of Jenever (Dutch gin) and beer,[15] term attested 1943[16]
- Somaek or Poktan-ju, a Korean pairing of soju and beer[17]
- The Chicago Handshake or Chicago Drive-by, a shot of Jeppson's Malört alongside Old Style beer[18][19]
- The Citywide, sometimes called the Citywide Special, a Philadelphia pairing of a shot of Jim Beam and a Pabst Blue Ribbon[20]
See also
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". ASIN: B000F1U6HG. The BCIM lost track of the traditional American Boilermaker from the 1970s and 80s; this involves a "depth charge," which is a shotglass filled with whiskey that is dropped into a 2/3 filled pint of beer. The 2002 manual suggests to “Serve whiskey in a shot glass with a glass of beer on the side as a chaser.”
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- ↑ Kopstootje: A Little Head Butt from Stillwater Artisanal Ales and Bols Genever, Jonathan Moxey
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