How to Drink a Sake Bomb

One popular way to set up the sake bomb

A sake bomb is one of the best drinks you can have when you are out at dinner. It goes great at Japanese restaurants and it's a very socially inclusive drinking activity. Everyone will have fun when sake bombing - guaranteed. So here is how to properly down a sake bomb.

Things You'll Need

• Sake
• Beer

Instructions

Drinking the Sake Bomb

1. Order you sake.What kind of sake you use for a sake bomb really is not that important. If you just ask for the house sake, that will be more than adequate for your needs.The only thing about the sake that is important is that you ask for it to be hot. The hotter, the better. It sounds strange, but it works.

2. Get some beer.Again, any beer will do for a sake bomb. Literally, any kind.Although there are some that work better than others. If you are in an Asian restaurant, go with an Asian beer like Sapporo - it is excellent for bombing. Basically you want to use a lighter beer. The more golden, yellow and clear (like a Bud Light) the better it will be with Sake in general. Darker beers don't work as well as they won't combine flavors well with the sake.

3. Pour your drinks.The amount of alcohol you use for each is what makes the drink so good.For the sake, just pour a regular shot of sake in the restaurants small sake glasses. Those will be fine.For beer, you'll have to eyeball it. In general, you don't want too much - as you want the little sake to fully mix with the beer and you have to shoot it, so more is difficult. Give yourself a nice amount of beer, like maybe what you think would be 3-4 big gulps. Measuring on your standard beer glass, about 3-4 inches of beer should be fine.

4. Set up the bomb.There are a few different ways to set it all up. This is where you can get creative.Some people like to place chopsticks on top of their beer glass spread apart about one inch. Then they carefully place the sake shot glass on top of the chopsticks so it balances. This is a great way to do it.Or you can just hold the shot glass in your hand and drop it in all together.Sometimes people will just pour the sake shot into the beer, swirl it and drink it. This is the cleanest and easiest and works just fine - though it is sort of boring.

5. Bomb it.However you decide to set up your bomb, do it all together. Sake bombing is a group activity and everyone should take the shot at once.Count one, two, three! Then everyone should take the shot.If you put the sake on top of the beer glass, pound the table so the sake falls into the beer. Or just drop the shot glass in yourself and then drink the whole bomb all at once. The table will most likely get extremely wet and messy - you've been warned.

Tips & Warnings

• Depending on what kind if restaurant you are in, pounding on the table may or may not be a good option. Feel this out before you set it up.

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish