Fruit flavored bombs come in a wide variety of flavors. Pick your favorite fruit flavor and there’s probably a liquor flavor. Cherry seems to be the most popular, but any flavored liquor will work.
Cherry Bomb
• 1 shot Cherry vodka
• Can of Red Bull
Energy drink into a glass. Drop shot of cherry vodka into glass.
Go to your local club and you’ll see the recent shot craze, the bomb shot. This is the hottest craze of alcoholic mixed drinks since prohibition. Here at American Bartending School we have added a special mixology lessons on these hot new drink recipes. We are also adding many new bomb shot recipes to our bartenders recipe site.
This new cocktail drink trend offers a variety of enticing options for shot lovers. Try out these new and old recipes to find your favorite. Although Red Bull is the most mentioned energy drink in recipes, any energy drink will work. Energy drinks are now a three billion dollar market and bomb shots have definitely added to this new pick me up.
Warning, these drinks are powerful and drinking and driving after a few of these can be dangerous. Best to be sampled when you’re not driving.
Bombs consist of energy drink, shot of liquor combination that will keep you up all night and never let you down. Which one is your favorite? The Irish Car Bomb? The Jager Bomb? The Obama? No matter what you like, there’s bound to be a shot out there for you.
The concept of the bomb shot is a no brainer. Take a shot of liquor, and drop it into a cup filled about half way with a “wash.” Shots can be taken either “clean,” dropping the shot into a cup, or “dirty,” pouring the shot directly into the wash.
New glassware has been invented to make the shots easier for bartenders to make and more fun for you to drink. Plastic bomb cups, or bombers, are as cheap as other plastic cups, and now there are companies that sell a plastic bomb shot glass that separates the two main ingredients by pouring one on top of the other. This type of glassware is easier to use but more expensive to purchase.
The Jager Bomb
The grand daddy of bomb shots is the Jager Bomb. It gets its name from the German liquor Jagermeister which is made from 56 different ingredients. Many describe as tasting like cough medicine. You decide.
The recipe is simple. A shot of Jagermeister dropped in half a glass of Red Bull, this shot is famous worldwide.
• Can of energy drink
• 1 shot of Jagermeister
Pour Red Bull into a glass. Drop shot of Jagermeister into glass.
The Obama
Named for the president of the United States. Smother and better tasting than the Jagermeister.
• Can of energy drink
• 1 oz of Bacardi O
• Splash of Orange Juice
Combine Red Bull and splash of orange juice into glass. Drop shot of Bacardi O into glass.
Irish Car Bomb
A hearty bomb that is guaranteed to give you that good feeling. Especially popular on St. Paddy’s Day or at Irish funerals.
• 3/4 pint Guinness Stout
• 1/2 oz Irish Creme
• 1/2 oz Jameson Irish whiskey
Pour the Irish Creme into the shot glass first and then slowly add the Jameson Irish Whisky. Fill a pint glass ¾ with Guinness. Drop the shot glass into the Guinness.
Fruit Flavored Bombs
Fruit flavored bombs come in a wide variety of flavors. Pick your favorite fruit flavor and there’s probably a liquor flavor. Cherry seems to be the most popular, but any flavored liquor will work.
Try a Cherry Bomb
• 1 shot Cherry vodka
• Can of Red Bull
Energy drink into a glass. Drop shot of cherry vodka into glass.
If you like this shot, then you’ll love our complete list of every candy-flavored shot and cocktail.
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Another interesting Thanksgiving and holiday cocktail drink
Taste like the real thing, try it and see
Try this drink recipe as an after dinner drink instead of a heavy desert.
Punches were the original ways alcoholic spirits were served
Try this recipe for your next get together.
A nice Thanksgiving cocktail drink for your guest
A great holiday cocktail
Thanksgiving is coming and if you are having a dinner party try some special cocktails to please your guest. Our master bartenders at American Bartenders School have worked over time to come with these taste tempting mixed drinks recipes. Do something different and offer these delicious drinks that will complement your Thanksgiving or other holiday feasts. Try them as an after dinner dessert drink at any of your holiday or winter gatherings. 100’s of other cocktail drink recipes and bartending videos at our bar guide and drink recipe sections of our website.
Pumpkin Delight
Turkey Trot
Turkey Shooter
Cranberry Surprise
Baked Apple Treat
Hot Apple Pie
Thanksgiving Punch
Hundreds of cocktail drink recipes and drink recipe videos are available for you at our website American Bartending School Bartending Guide
This is a question that most people who are thinking about becoming a bartender ask.
Bartenders work for a salary and tips. The salary is between $8 and$10 per hour plus tips in most areas. The hourly salary may be higher or lower depending minimum wage laws. One
of the most attractive things about bartending is the potential for tips. According to the “CNN Summer Tipping Guide “2009, a patron should tip $1 a drink or 15%-20% of bar bill before tax. Some customers may tip more or less depending on the level of service and the demeanor of the bartender. On a busy shift a bartender can serve several hundred drinks. A good night’s salary for a busy bartender may be between $300 and 400 in tips and their hourly salary. This is one of the primary reasons bartending is attractive to people who like night life and don’t mind hard work.
What each bartender earns depends on numerous factors. The most important is good customer service skills. Other important things are
• How busy the establishment is.
• What shift they work.
• What days they work.
• Do the servers tip out the bartenders at the end of the shift and share 15% of their total beverage tips with the bartender. This is a practice where the bartender works the service bar and primarily makes drinks for customers sitting at tables and not at the bar.
• How good is their customer service skills
• Do they acknowledge customers when they arrive or want another drink?
• Do they greet customers with a smile and a friendly hello?
• Do they ask how there drink is after the customer has had a chance to taste it.
• Do they say good bye and thank them for coming in
Customers want to have an enjoyable experience. A friendly, polite bartender that takes care of customers is an important part of the success of every establishment. This is why at American Bartenders School the dos and don’ts of customer service are important parts of our bartender training. Good customer service skill can’t be over emphasized. Especially, if the bartender want to rake in the tips.
