Boilermaker (beer cocktail)

The American cocktail originated in Butte, Montana in the 1890s. It was originally called a Sean O'Farrell and was served only when miners ended their shifts.^[3][4][5]

When the beer is instead served separately as a chaser, that is often called simply a shot and a beer.^[6] In Scotland, the serving of a half pint of beer alongside a "wee hauf" glass of whisky (one-quarter gill, 36 ml) is called a half and a half.^[7]

The English boilermaker (a mix of draught mild and bottled brown ale) is also known as a 'brown split' in the south-west of England, although it also refers to the American shot and pint.^{[clarification needed]} The boiler-maker name for the ale cocktail dates back to circa 1920.^[8]

There are a number of ways to drink an American beer chaser:

• Traditionally, the liquor is consumed in a single gulp and is then "chased" by the beer, which is sipped.^[9][10]
• The liquor and beer may be mixed by pouring or dropping the shot into the beer. The mixture may be stirred.^[9] If the shot glass is dropped into the beer glass, the drink can also be known as a depth charge.^[11]

Other pairings of a shot and a beer are possible; traditional pairings include:

• Herrengedeck ("gentlemen's menu"), a German pairing of Korn (rye brandy) and beer^[12]
• Regenschirm ("umbrella"), a German pairing of Allasch and Gose^[13]
• Lüttje Lage [de], a German pairing of top-fermented beer and Korn.
• Irish car bomb (cocktail), a pairing of a shot of Irish cream and whiskey into a glass of stout^[14]
• Kopstootje ("little headbutt"), a Dutch pairing of Jenever (Dutch gin) and beer,^[15] term attested 1943^[16]
• Somaek or Poktan-ju, a Korean pairing of soju and beer^[17]
• The Chicago Handshake or Chicago Drive-by, a shot of Jeppson's Malört alongside Old Style beer^[18][19]
• The Citywide, sometimes called the Citywide Special, a Philadelphia pairing of a shot of Jim Beam and a Pabst Blue Ribbon^[20]

• Black and tan
• Queen Mary (beer cocktail)
• Shandy
• Yorsh