Cocktails with Beer: Flaming Doctor Pepper

The Flaming Doctor Pepper is a flaming cocktail said to taste like the soft drink Dr Pepper, although it does not contain any soda. It is usually made by filling a shot glass 3/4 full with Amaretto, and 1/4 high proof liquor (such as Everclear or Bacardi 151) to make it flammable. (The two liquors are not mixed; rather, the high-proof alcohol is layered on top to burn more easily.) The shot is then set on fire and dropped into a glass half-filled with beer. The flaming shot is extinguished by the beer, which foams up and is then quickly consumed. A common variation is to use Amaretto and Kahlúa.

Primary alcohol by volume    
    * Beer
    * High-proof alcohol
    * Amaretto

Served    
Straight up; without ice

Standard drinkware    
A pub glass and a shot glass.

Commonly used ingredients    
    * 1 pint (~13 parts) beer
    * 3 parts Amaretto
    * 1 part high proof liquor

Preparation    
Layer the two spirits in the shot glass, with the high proof liquor on top. Light the shot and allow to burn, then extinguish by dropping it into the beer glass. Drink immediately.