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A Few More Names for a Hammerhead aka A Shot in the Dark
Mon, 2006-01-16 22:04 — Daniel
I just love the names different bars come up with for this drink. So I have compiled a short list of the different names I have seen or heard of. If you have one to add let me know.
A Shot in the Dark
AA Boilermaker
All-nighter
Better than Coke
Black Eye
Black Fandango
Bull Dog (local dog themed shop in an old pet store)
By-passes (as in single by-pass, double by-pass or "I need a triple by-pass" you get the idea.)
Canadiano (Canadian name)
Coffee Suicide
Cup o' Crack
Dead Man Walking
Depth Charge
Eclectic Witch Water
Early Shirley
Eye Opener
Hammerhead
KickintheAsspresso
Lazarus (Christian themed shop. "This drink will raise you from the dead.")
Mad Max
Morning Face Maker
Overdrive
Redeye
Train Wreck
Comments
City Buzz
The coffee shop that I used to work at called it a City Buzz.
Black Eye is two shots of
Black Eye is two shots of espresso in coffee, Red Eye is one shot of espress in coffee.
more names for the same
We called it a High Test at the coffee shop I worked at. I have also seen Java Jolt and Kick Start.
for some reason i have yet
for some reason i have yet to fathom, some coffeeshops in my town call this an italiano. i kinda doubt that's authentic.
Sludge cup
In Alaska, it's universally referred to as a sludge cup. (Sources: that's its official name on the Snow City Cafe menu, everyone I know who likes them calls it a sludge cup, and a search for Sludge Cup turns up an article in our local alternative weekly newspaper with a reference to what it is.)
This may have something to do with the state's very large oil industry (i.e. oil sludge).
Cup of Mud
Our coffee house is called Mud Bay Coffee Company, so we call our version of this Cup of Mud.
they call it a coal burner
they call it a coal burner around here.
hammerhead
aka black and tan
Where I come from (various
Where I come from (various Canadian locations) a Black and Tan is Guiness and Cider. In Ireland it means something different...
Black and Tan, at least here
Black and Tan, at least here in Toronto, is Guinness floated on Harp (or sometimes Smithwicks if it's a dark Black and Tan).
The drink you describe is routinely called a Snakebite (Guinness and Cider, usually Strongbow).
Black Velvet would be Guinness and Champagne. Why yes, I'm up on my Guinness.
Anyways back ON topic, I've seen the espresso/coffee mix referred to as Jet Fuel and/or Rocket Fuel in Toronto as well.
.j.