Classic cocktail

Boilermaker

An old American bar tradition, a beer with a shot. Cold lager poured alongside a shot of bourbon.

Glass
Highball glass
Method
Build
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
2

Ingredients

  • 1 oz Bourbon, any whiskey; served in a shot glassMore Bourbon cocktails
  • 8 oz Lager, light lager in a pint glass

Garnish: None

How to make it

  1. Pour the lager into a chilled glass.
  2. Pour the bourbon into a shot glass.
  3. Drop the shot in, sip it alongside, or take it first and chase it with the beer.

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