( CNN ) -- Even in the best of circumstances , Dawson City 's famed Sourtoe Cocktail does n't go down smoothly . On Saturday night , however , the cocktail 's marquee ingredient -- an actual human toe -- went down a way it was never meant to . Served by the Sourtoe Cocktail club at Dawson City 's Downtown Hotel , the Sourtoe can be any drink -- what makes it a Sourtoe Cocktail is the addition of a real , preserved amputated toe , which is dropped into the glass . As reported by CBC News , on Saturday , an American visiting the town in Yukon , for the summer downed his Sourtoe Cocktail , toe and all . The mixer of choice was reportedly a shot of whisky . More : World 's most bizarre cocktails . The apparently satisfied boozer immediately paid the requisite $ 500 , the bar 's posted fine for swallowing the toe . This is n't the first time the toe has been swallowed , but Terry Lee , the bartender on duty Saturday night , thinks it 's the first time the toe has been swallowed deliberately . `` Lee says the tradition will continue , as the bar has a backup toe , '' reported the CBC . 'If you have a spare toe , we need one ' In addition , according to the CBC , the fine for swallowing the toe has been bumped to $ 2,500 . 10 favorite new bars of 2013 . A donated toe is being sought as a replacement . `` We like to have two toes -- we switch them off once a week ... and now we ca n't do that ... we need toes . We 're putting it out there , if you have a spare toe , hey we need one , '' Lee told the CBC . Although nobody seems sure of the origins of the drink , it first appeared in 1973 when drinkers who consumed a glass of Champagne or beer that contained the toe could then declare themselves true `` sourtoers . '' The name is a play on `` sourdough , '' a term for longtime residents of the Yukon and neighboring Alaska . Today , the toe can be placed in any drink but one rule still applies : `` You can drink it fast , you can drink it slow -- but the lips have got ta touch the toe . '' Some 60,000 people have reportedly tried the Sourtoe cocktail to date . Sourtoe Cocktail Club , Downtown Hotel , Dawson City , Yukon ; Sourtoe Cocktail : $ 5.80 .
Dawson City 's Downtown Hotel serves a cocktail containing a real amputated human toe . Over the weekend a customer swallowed the toe as well as the drink -- deliberately . He was fined $ 500 , but luckily the bar has a spare toe , so the tradition continues .