An Alcoholic Dr Pepper (also called a Dr Pepper Shandy or a Dr Pepper shot) is a beer cocktail

Beer cocktail

A beer cocktail is a cocktail that is made by mixing beer with a distilled beverage.In this type of cocktail, the primary ingredient is beer...

. It does not actually contain any Dr Pepper

Dr Pepper

Dr Pepper is a soft drink, marketed as having a unique flavor. The drink was created in the 1880s by Charles Alderton of Waco, Texas and first served around 1885. Dr Pepper was first nationally marketed in the United States in 1904 and is now also sold in Europe, Asia, Canada, Mexico, Australia ...

. Instead, it combines alcoholic drinks that are said to give a flavour similar to that of Dr Pepper.

Ingredients

Served in a pint glass, it comprises half a pint of lager and a third to a half pint of cola. A shot glass of amaretto

Amaretto

Amaretto is an Italian sweet almond-flavoured liqueur. It is made from a base of apricot or almond pits, sometimes both.-Etymology:The name is a diminutive of the Italian amaro, meaning "bitter," indicating the distinctive flavour lent by the mandorla amara--the bitter almond or the drupe kernel...

 is dropped into the glass as a "bomb shot

Bomb shot

A bomb shot is a way of drinking an alcoholic cocktail. A shot glass filled with liquor is dropped into a glass that is partially filled with some other beverage, such as beer or an energy drink. The drink is then consumed quickly...

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Variants

There is a variant known as the Flaming Dr Pepper. This is made with a half pint of beer and a shot, without any cola. The shot glass is filled with three quarters of amaretto

Amaretto

Amaretto is an Italian sweet almond-flavoured liqueur. It is made from a base of apricot or almond pits, sometimes both.-Etymology:The name is a diminutive of the Italian amaro, meaning "bitter," indicating the distinctive flavour lent by the mandorla amara--the bitter almond or the drupe kernel...

 and one quarter of 151-proof liquor. The shot is then set on fire and dropped into the beer.