The sake bomb or sake bomber is a
beer cocktail
A beer cocktail is a cocktail that is made by mixing beer with other ingredients (such as a distilled beverage) or another style of beer.
In this type of cocktail, the primary ingredient is usually beer.
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made by dropping a shot glass of
sake
Sake, , or saki, also referred to as Japanese rice wine, is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Despite the name ''Japanese rice wine'', sake, and indeed any East Asi ...
into a glass of
beer
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.
Preparation
Two
chopstick
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s are placed parallel on top of the glass of beer, and the shot glass is placed on top of them.
The drinker slams the table with their fists, causing the sake to fall into the beer.
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Feature: Sake It to Me
January 31, 2005. Boston College ''The Heights''. It should be drunk immediately.
The drinker may count to three in Japanese, "
ichi
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(一)...
ni (ニ)...
san (三)...sake bomb!"
Or they may simply yell "
Kanpai!" (乾杯, a Japanese toast, from
Chinese
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words meaning "dry cup"). The sake bomb chant may also be said before drinking. The chant has one person say "sake" and others say "bomb", before consuming the drink. It is usually made with cold sake.
A variation of the sake bomb is to "bomb" a shot of warm sake into a chilled
Red Bull
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energy drink.
See also
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Beer cocktail
A beer cocktail is a cocktail that is made by mixing beer with other ingredients (such as a distilled beverage) or another style of beer.
In this type of cocktail, the primary ingredient is usually beer.
List of beer cocktails
* Black and ...
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Boilermaker
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Irish car bomb
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Jägerbomb
A Jägerbomb () is a bomb mixed drink made by dropping a shot of Jägermeister into an energy drink, typically Red Bull. Sometimes, this drink is incorrectly identified as a traditional "shot".
A Jägerbomb is typically served with a can of R ...
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Queen Mary (beer cocktail)
A Queen Mary beer cocktail is a mixture of grenadine and beer, which is commonly garnished with maraschino cherries. It is typically served in beer glassware, leaving room for a generous amount of beer head which can take on a pink or cherr ...
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Tamagozake
is a Japanese alcoholic drink consisting of heated sake, sugar, and a raw egg
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References
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Cocktails with beer
Cocktails with sake
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Two-ingredient cocktails
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