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"Absolutely\u2014but they should taste better than lukewarm well tequila or (shudder) J\u00E4ger bombs. Fortunately, the shot is getting a delicious-as- hell makeover, courtesy of the same people who engineered the craft-cocktail revolution\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\n Plenty of moments call for a shot with your pals: Promotions. Wedding receptions. &amp;quot;Your STD test results came back negative.&amp;quot; But you should never, ever be the guy ordering Redheaded Sluts or rounds of rotgut whiskey. This is supposed to be a celebration, not punishment. So we combed the country&amp;#39;s best bars to find three shots that hold their own against a serious cocktail list. You&amp;#39;ll notice they&amp;#39;re all two-parters: a slug of top-shelf booze plus a tasty chaser. They&amp;#39;ll keep the crowd buzzing, but never wincing.\n\nDrinks, Clockwise from left:\n\n The Brautigan\n\n In Nashville, you&amp;#39;ll find the city&amp;#39;s cool kids at No. 308, knocking back this shot. Named for Richard Brautigan, the Beat novelist and poet whose repertoire included the novella In Watermelon Sugar, it&amp;#39;s a nip of top-shelf bourbon aptly chased with a thin slice of sugar-dusted watermelon.\n\n The Oaxacan Standoff\n\n Fill shot glasses with mezcal, stare companions in the eyes, then shout, &amp;quot;Stigibeu!&amp;quot; (Pronounced stee-jee-bay-oo, it&amp;#39;s the Oaxacan toast to life.) The Emeryville, California, bar Prizefighter pairs its south-of-the-border courage with homemade sangrita* and a cold cervecita.\n\n *Combine twelve ounces of tomato juice, two and a half ounces of grapefruit juice, five ounces of OJ, an ounce of lime juice, two ounces of Cholula hot sauce, a teaspoon each of salt and pepper, and one jalape\u00F1o, cut in half. Steep fifteen minutes, remove jalape\u00F1o, pour.\n\n The Hair of the Elephant\n\n Drink like a Dutchman with a kopstoot, or &amp;quot;head butt,&amp;quot; at Jack Rose Dining Saloon in Washington, D.C. It&amp;#39;s Holland&amp;#39;s version of a boilermaker: a stiff pour of genever, the country&amp;#39;s juniper-laced take on gin, chased by a Delirium Tremens Belgian pale ale."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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