Flaming Doctor Pepper

Flaming Doctor Pepper
Primary alcohol by volume
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 it to burn; then extinguish it by dropping it into the beer glass. Drink immediately.

A Flaming Doctor Pepper is a flaming cocktail said to taste like the soft drink Dr Pepper, although Dr Pepper is not one of its ingredients. It is usually made by filling a shot glass with 3 parts Amaretto and 1 part high-proof liquor, such as Everclear or Bacardi 151.[1] The two liquors are not mixed; the high-proof alcohol is layered on top of the Amaretto. The shot is then set on fire and dropped into a glass half-filled with beer. The flames are extinguished by the beer, and the cocktail should then be drunk quickly.

Contents

Origin

Names

Since Dr Pepper (without a period) is a trademark of a soft drink company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, this cocktail has been marketed under several names to avoid trademark infringement. “Flaming Dr. Pepper” (with a period) and “Flaming Dr. Peppar” (a misspelling of “Pepper”) appear most often in Internet search results.

In popular culture

Potential danger

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine reported a case in 1997 in which a 14-year-old boy from Danville, Virginia, spilled the contents of the shot glass onto his face while dropping the shot glass into the beer, resulting in “multiple separate sites of superficial partial-thickness burns” about his face and neck. As this could happen with practically any flaming cocktail, it has nothing to do with this specific drink and should be considered a universal potential danger.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Flaming Dr Pepper recipe". Drinknation.com. http://www.drinknation.com/drink/flaming-dr-pepper. Retrieved 2009-11-02. 
  2. ^ Max, Tucker I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2006).
  3. ^ Gear AJL, Nguyen WD, Himell HN, and Edlich RF: "Flaming Dr Pepper" — Another cause of recreational burn injury. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, January 1997; Volume 15:108-111.


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