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Flaming Dr Pepper
Type:	Mixed drink May be served flaming
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:	3 parts Amaretto 1 part Bacardi 151 1 pint (~13 parts) beer
Preparation:	Layer the two spirits in the shot glass, with the 151 on top. Light the shot and allow to burn, then extinguish by dropping it into the beer glass. Drink immediately.

The Flaming Dr. Pepper is a flaming cocktail that is 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 Bacardi 151 (or Everclear) 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 Kahlua.

This drink inspired an episode of the animated television show The Simpsons. The analogous drink on that episode was known at first as the "Flaming Homer," later as the "Flaming Moe". In the show, however, the drink did not include beer, but instead used a wide selection of liquors, and children's cough syrup (specifically, Krusty's Non Narkotik Kough Syrup For Kids) as the secret ingredient.

Author Tucker Max, known for his alcohol-fueled adventures, mentions the drink in his story "The Austin Road Trip." After seeing a round of Flaming Dr. Peppers prepared in a bar and drinking one, Max remarked "I'll be damned if it didn't taste exactly like Dr. Pepper...It was the coolest thing involving alcohol I had ever seen."

Max also makes reference to the drink's purported strength: "People, heed my warning: That stuff is Special Olympics in a pint glass. You think they are harmless and not very strong, and the next thing you know it is an hour later and you are in the bathroom of the bar with your pants off, surrounded by five girls, giving your boxers to a bachelorette party because one of the girls is cute and told you that you had a nice butt. Be forewarned."

More recently, the drink is featured in the 2007 film Hot Rod.

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine reported a case in 1997 where a 14-year-old boy from Danville, Virginia inadvertently spilled the contents of the shotglass on his face while transferring it to the glass of beer, resulting in "multiple separate sites of superficial partial-thickness burns" about his face and neck. ^[1]

Another known method of making a Dr. Pepper cocktail, without flames, is usually achieved by using a Collins glass and filling it half with lager (usually the cheapest available) and half with Dr Pepper. Then a shot glass containing Amaretto is dropped into the glass, creating what is known as the depth-charge effect of mixing the contents.

If Dr. Pepper is unavailable (as is the case in many bars) then cola may be used as an alternative while still achieving the same Dr. Pepper effect.

1. ^ 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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