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Serve up a little bit of magic this Halloween with this throwback to the Irish Shandy, which is beer flavored with carbonated lemonade, ginger beer, ginger ale or citrus flavored soda. In this remake, as you drop the shot into the lager, it changes color right before your eyes. Your friends will be mesmerized.

Beer Buster

1 bottle of lager beer
1/2 ounce Blue Curacao (orange flavored liqueur)
A dash of lime juice
1 ounce vodka

Fill a glass with the entire bottle of beer. Add ice and remaining ingredients to a shaker. Shake it and strain it in a short glass. Drop the shot into the beer.

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