Name: Boilermaker
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Bourbon whiskey; 1 pint Pilsner lager

Boilermaker
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Serve in a Shot glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Bourbon whiskey
1 pint	Pilsner lager

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How to make:

POUR whiskey to brim of shot glass and then manoeuvre shot glass so it is held tight up against the inside base of an upturned Boston glass. Then quickly flip the Boston glass over so that the bourbon is trapped in the now upside-down shot glass. Now pour beer into Boston glass over the whiskey-filled shot glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Pilsner lager - Cereals containing gluten

Review:

When you get to the end of the beer the shot glass lifts and the whiskey is released as a chaser.

I should point out that in these days of discernment, a Boiler Maker is most commonly a glass of beer served with a shot glass of whiskey alongside – NOT one inside the other. It is also increasingly common for the beer and the whiskey to be specifically selected due to their flavours complementing one another. Beer and whiskey matchmaking.

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History:

Unknown but in his book The Joy of Mixology Gary Regan credits steelworkers in western Pennsylvania.

Nutrition:

One serving of Boilermaker contains 313 calories

Alcohol content:

2.7 standard drinks
6.37% alc./vol. (6.37° proof)
38.1 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

4th February 2024 at 15:21

Salva Vida (Honduran lager) and Wild Turkey 101 was a surprisingly excellent combo.

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Anonymous

22nd November 2021 at 17:16

Did anyone tried it with scotch?

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Hunter Newsome

21st September 2021 at 12:09

I tried this with a US pint glass and a similar 30ml shot glass to the one in the picture, but the shot was tipping over and releasing whiskey into the drink after getting 1/4 of the way through the beer (tasty combination by the way). Should it only tip when you reach the end of the beer? Or should the whole thing be downed as quickly as possible?

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Simon Difford

21st September 2021 at 16:43

It will tip towards the end of the beer. As I remember, it is crucial to brim-fill the shot glass and then place the beer glass upside down over it so that there is no air at all between the contents of the shot glass and the base of the beer glass.

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