Ten Favorite Shots in Metro Phoenix

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​There are just a few more hours until you can kick back and call it a weekend. And if you're looking for adventure (not that you'll remember it tomorrow), we have a few killer concoctions that should get the night going.

Shots are any bartender's excuse to mix a handful of ingredients, get creative (and shamelessly dirty) with a name, and charge a couple bucks to watch a few suckers take it in one gulp. There are plenty of shots to take in the Valley, but here are a few of our favorites:

10.The Tongue in the Panties at Crescent Ballroom
Jamie Rivas, the girl behind the bar at Downtown's new music venue/super-chill hangout spot, The Lounge at Crescent Ballroom, has something she guarantees will kick start the dance party -- a Tongue in the Panties. A mix of Southern Comfort, vodka, amaretto, peach schnapps, OJ, pineapple juice, this concoction guarantees a hangover that's worth every minute.

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Justin Vargo's Roadkill

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Nicole Smith
Justin Vargo at Shady's in Phoenix has a killer "house birthday shot," that breathes German liqueur. What does German booze and roadkill have in common? Uh, we had to ask (dun, dun, dun).

Name: Roadkill

Ingredients: Equal parts Jägermeister (translated literally as "hunt-master"), Barenjager (or "bear hunter"), and Goldschläger (just for good "Germanic umlaut" measure).

Flavor: Death, but a very sweet and cinnamon-honey one.

Cost: $5

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Gina David's Pug Fart

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Nicole Smith
Gina David is basically a bartending legend at the reputable rock 'n roll dive,The Rogue Bar in Scottsdale. And after this aptly titled, hot dog infused treat(?), Gina David and her shot will forever be ingrained in our minds, er mouths. David admits it's like a "dove shot" but not layered... and really disgusting. She also has a pug so, we'll leave the rest to you.

Name: The Pug Fart

Ingredients: Kahlua, Baileys, Crown Royal and one (cooked) hot dog. Yes, an actual weenie.

Flavor Let's just say, we now know what a Pug's fart tastes like. And surprisingly, we're not too mad at it.

Price: $5

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Jason Olsen's Jager Beer

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Nicole Smith
Jason Olsen at Chaser's Bar & Night Club in Scottsdale admits he'll give the wasted one's with slurred words, well, a fruity Kamakazi or something.

But for friends, lovers, and those of us in need of something sassy, unique and infused with boozey creativity, Olsen brings us the "Jager Beer"-- and don't you dare judge us... well, not yet anyway.

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Tyler Christensen's "Tootsie Pop"

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Nicole Smith
Tyler Christensen at The Little Woody, the brand new "relentlessly unpretentious" tasteful neighborhood bar in Arcadia, created this pop shot to represent The Little Woody owl theme of the bar, and take us back to the "how many licks" tootsie pop commercial when we were kids.

Christensen says that being young, having fun and losing inhibitions is what a bar should be all about, and we couldn't agree more.

Name: The Tootsie Pop

Ingredients: 3 Olives Grape, Kahlua, grape pucker, and splash of OJ.

Flavor: A grape flavored Tootsie pop, complete with delicious inhibition losing properties.

Price: $7/ $6 on HH

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Chris Dickerson's Booze-Berry

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Nicole Smith
Chris Dickerson at The Vig Arcadia shakes and pours so many of these berry-flavored, booze-infused gulps on a given night that his computer screen has its own button for it.

Name: The Booze-Berry

Ingredients:
Grape Stoli, Chambord, and sweet and sour.

Flavor: Grape Koolaid

Price: $6

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Justin Jensen's O.H.S.O. Fizzy

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Nicole Smith
Justin Jensen at new Arcadia nano brewery hotspot, O.H.S.O, has created this fizzy concoction on the fly, and it might just be the best shot we've ever tasted. 

The Name: O.H.S.O Fizzy

The Ingredients: Orange vodka, St. Germain, pineapple juice, lemon juice, and Framboise beer.

The Flavor: an ohso fizzy raspberry flavored buzz-enhancer

The Cost: $6

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Kazimierz World Wine Bar's Nikolashka

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Nicole Smith
Chris Lingua at Kazimierz World Wine Bar in Old Town Scottsdale says this little 
beauty is official-- the official house shot, that is-- keeping the vibe in the Kaz Bar house stylish, smooth, and super sexy.

Name: The Nikolashka

Ingredients: Equal parts Presidente Brandy and Kruskovac pear liqueur with a sugared lime wheel on top. (Note: For best results bite into lime first and hold in mouth while shooting).

Flavor: warm subtle sweetness with a acidic citrus kick to balance it all out.

Price: $6

  
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Laura Phillips' Cactus Juice

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Nicole Smith
Laura Phillips at Time Out Lounge in Tempe has the juice on a succulent beverage that's spiked, of course, in all the right ways.

Name: Cactus Juice

Ingredients: Citron vodka, orange vodka, splash of OJ, splash of Red Bull.  

Flavor: Spiked orange soda

Cost: $6

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Rebecca Harrington's Boner Prescription

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Nicole Smith
Rebecca Harrington at reputable Arcadia 'hood hole-in-the-wall sports dive, JT's Bar & Grill, has the goods to fix a rather specific problem that may, or may not, be associated with your football game woes. 

Sports-loving weirdo or not, this little number is known to turn your frown -- er, something -- in the upright direction.

Name: Boner Prescription

Ingredients: Tuaca Vanilla Citrus Liqueur and pineapple juice

Flavor: A surge of masculine fruit flavors with a very BIG bite.

Cost: $6

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