A bomb shot is a way of drinking an alcoholic cocktail

Cocktail

A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...

. A shot glass

Shot glass

A shot glass is a small glass designed to hold or measure spirits or liquor, which is either drunk straight from the glass or poured into a mixed drink....

 filled with liquor

Distilled beverage

A distilled beverage, liquor, or spirit is an alcoholic beverage containing ethanol that is produced by distilling ethanol produced by means of fermenting grain, fruit, or vegetables...

 is dropped into a glass that is partially filled with some other beverage, such as beer or an energy drink

Energy drink

Energy drinks are beverages whose producers advertise that they "boost energy." These advertisements usually do not emphasize energy derived from the sugar and caffeine they contain but rather increased energy release due to a variety of stimulants and vitamins....

. The drink is then consumed quickly ("chugged"). Popular bomb shots include the Jägerbomb

Jägerbomb

The Jägerbomb is a bomb shot cocktail that is mixed by dropping a shot of Jägermeister into a glass of Red Bull or other energy drinks.In German-speaking countries, it is called a "Turbojäger" or a "Flying Hirsch" — where "Flying" is derived from the slogan "Red Bull gives you wings" and "Hirsch"...

, the Irish Car Bomb, the Sake Bomb

Sake bomb

The sake bomb or sake bomber is a beer cocktail made by pouring sake into a shot glass and dropping it into a glass of beer.Sometimes two chopsticks are placed parallel on top of the glass of beer, and the shot glass is carefully balanced between them. The drinker then chants...

 and the Skittle Bomb

Skittle Bomb

The Skittle Bomb is a bomb shot cocktail that gets its name from its Skittles confectionery taste. The method of preparation is similar to that of the Jägerbomb...

.

A drink that is consumed in this way is sometimes called a "depth charge."

See also

• Cocktail
  Cocktail
  A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...
  
  
• Drinking culture
  Drinking culture
  Drinking culture refers to the customs and practices associated with the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Although alcoholic beverages and social attitudes toward drinking vary around the world, nearly every civilization has independently discovered the processes of brewing beer, fermenting...
  
  
• Shooter (mixed drink)