Pounding boilermakers usually spells party time tonight and headaches tomorrow.But the tradition of the boilermaker ? a shot of whiskey served with or dropped into a pint of beer ? is steeped in Irish folklore and ritualistic pub culture according to Jane Maher, the brand ambassador for Tullamore D.E.W. of Ireland?s Co. Offaly.?In Ireland we never shoot our whiskey. We can thank you Americans for that,? joked Maher, a native of Kilkenny, who possesses an abundance of what the Irish would call ?the gift o? gab.?