Tequila Slammer
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| Tequila Slammer | |
| Type: | Mixed drink shooter/drink shot |
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| Served: | "Straight up"; without ice |
| Standard drinkware: | Rocks glass |
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| Preparation: | Mix carefully to avoid releasing the dissolved CO2. |
| Notes: | If champagne is used instead of lemonade, the drink is known as a slammer Royale |
Invented at U.C. Davis, the Tequila Slammer is a cocktail served in a rocks glass. It is made with equal parts tequila and a carbonated beverage, often 7 Up, ginger ale, or lemonade. Champagne can also be used, and this is called a Slammer Royale or Golden Slammer.
[edit] Method
The drink gets its name from the way it is commonly consumed; the usual procedure is to leave about a fifth of the glass empty to allow the drink to fizz, then to hold one's hand over the top of the glass and to slam it onto a hard surface to mix it. The slamming action releases gas bubbles from the mixed drink causing it to foam vigorously. It will then quickly escape the glass if not consumed immediately in one gulp, the result (and intention) of which is swift intoxication.
It can also be served with equal parts Tequila, White wine (or champagne) and lemonade, creating a more potent, flavoursome mix.
[edit] Cultural reference
Tequila Slammer is also a song by the guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel.
This drink is the choice drink of fictional character Inspector "Tequila" Yuen of the 1992 action movie Hard Boiled. This is the reason why he is commonly referred to as Inspector Tequila or just Tequila.
Some people use the term Tequila Slammer to mean licking salt off your hand, knocking back a shot of tequila and then sucking on a slice of lemon or lime. This is more normally known as a "tequila ritual," "lick, sip, suck" (in Australia, at least), "tequila cruda," or "Body Shot" (When taken off some part of the body of another person).
Tequila Slammers have become recently popular as a late-night indicator of a bar's impending closure in Belgium.
Shown as a focal point in a cut scene early-on in the video game Stranglehold.
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