page_title: Shotgunning
hierarchical_section_title: Shotgunning
caption_attribution_description: Woman with a hat shotgunning a beer.
context_page_description: Shotgunning is a means of consuming a beverage, commonly beer, very quickly by punching a hole in the side of the can, near the bottom, placing the mouth over the hole, and pulling the tab to open the top. The beer quickly drains, and is quickly consumed.
  A related technique, strawpedoing, is used for containers not easily punctured such as glass bottles. A straw is inserted into the bottle and bent around the hole. When the bottle is tilted, the beverage quickly drains and is quickly consumed. The technique increases beverage delivery since the extra hole allows the liquid to leave while air enters simultaneously through the main hole. The bottleneck, created where air entering the container must travel through the same orifice as liquid leaving, is removed.
  Both of these are normally done as a competition. The participants wait until all the others are ready until the countdown begins. Once the countdown is finished, the participants get under way and the first one to finish consuming the beverage is the winner.
context_section_description: Shotgunning is a means of consuming a beverage, commonly beer, very quickly by punching a hole in the side of the can, near the bottom, placing the mouth over the hole, and pulling the tab to open the top. The beer quickly drains, and is quickly consumed.
  A related technique, strawpedoing, is used for containers not easily punctured such as glass bottles. A straw is inserted into the bottle and bent around the hole. When the bottle is tilted, the beverage quickly drains and is quickly consumed. The technique increases beverage delivery since the extra hole allows the liquid to leave while air enters simultaneously through the main hole. The bottleneck, created where air entering the container must travel through the same orifice as liquid leaving, is removed.
  Both of these are normally done as a competition.  The participants wait until all the others are ready until the countdown begins.  Once the countdown is finished, the participants get under way and the first one to finish consuming the beverage is the winner.
caption: A woman shotgunning a can of beer
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