Flaming Doctor Pepper

noun

A cocktail made by filling a shot glass with three parts amaretto and one part high-proof liquor — layered, not mixed — then setting it on fire and dropping it into a glass of beer, which extinguishes the flames.

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Meanings

nounFlaming Doctor Pepper (plural Flaming Doctor Peppers)

plural Flaming Doctor Peppers · alternative Flaming Dr Pepper · alternative Flaming Dr. Pepper

  1. A cocktail made by filling a shot glass with three parts amaretto and one part high-proof liquor — layered, not mixed — then setting it on fire and dropping it into a glass of beer, which extinguishes the flames.

Origin

It is said to taste like the soft drink Dr Pepper, though not using it as an ingredient.

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Flaming Doctor Pepper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Flaming%20Doctor%20Pepper

MLA

“Flaming Doctor Pepper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Flaming%20Doctor%20Pepper. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Flaming Doctor Pepper,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Flaming%20Doctor%20Pepper.

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