Despite what certain college-era rhymes may have suggested, mixing beer with booze can be a winning combination. The slight bitterness and bright effervescence of beer give a lift to cocktails that makes them exceptionally easy-drinking (and, conveniently, lower in ABV.) Here are some of the tastiest recipes that prove it.
Pig Nose Negroni
Ingredients
1 oz Pig’s Nose Scotch
1 oz Punt e Mes sweet vermouth
1 oz Campari
1 oz Stone Smoked Porter
Instructions
Stir together the scotch, vermouth and Campari and strain over rocks. Add the smoked porter and stir again to incorporate. Garnish with an orange peel.
Imagine a bloody mary and a beer had a savory, lightly spicy, highly refreshing baby and you’ve got this classic beer cocktail.
California Gold
Ingredients
1.5 oz. Redbreast 12 Year
1 oz. lemon juice
.75 oz. honey syrup (3 parts honey:1 part water)
4 oz. Dale’s Pale Ale
Angostura bitters
Lemon wedge garnish
Instructions
Shake Redbreast, lemon juice and syrup over ice and pour into a Collins glass with four 1″ cubes. Top with Dale’s Pale Ale. Mist Angostura Bitters over the top and add a lemon wedge.
Radeberger Rhubarb
Ingredients
3 oz Radeberger Pilsner
2 oz Maker’s Mark bourbon
.75 oz rhubarb juice
2 leaves tarragon
Instructions
Muddle tarragon in a chilled pint glass, add Radeberger Pilsner, Maker’s Mark bourbon, fresh rhubarb juice and garnish with rhubarb.
El Chambovaca
Ingredients
1.5 oz Chambo-Mix*
1 oz fresh lime juice
.5 oz Dulce Vida 100 Reposado Tecate
Instructions
Combine all ingredients except beer in glass, add ice, and top with beer. Garnish with smoked salt on half the rim and an air-dried beef stick.
*Chambo-Mix: Mix 8 oz Campbell’s Tomato Juice, 8 oz Campbell’s Canned Beef Broth, 5 Tbsp chipotle in adobo, and .25 Tsp ground black pepper
Parlor Paloma
Ingredients
1 oz Corralejo Blanco tequila
.5 oz Del Maguey Vida mezcal
1 oz simple syrup
.5 oz fresh lime juice
Top with Stiegl Grapefruit Radler
Instructions
Build all ingredients in a pint glass with ice.
Birmosa
Ingredients
3 oz Mango Puree (store-bought mango nectar will also work)
1 bottle lager (Peroni works great)
Instructions
Pour mango puree into 12 oz glass. Top glass with macro lager and serve.
IPA & Aperol Spitzer
Ingredients
1.5 oz Aperol
6 oz hoppy IPA
Instructions
Fill a collins glass with ice. Add Aperol. Slowly pour in IPA. Twist orange and lemon peel together and gently squeeze over the drink to release fragrance. Rub peel along the lip of the glass and then place peel into the drink.
MP Shandy
Ingredients
.75 oz Luxardo maraschino liqueur
1 oz fresh lemon juice
Dash Peychauds bitters
Top with ABC Easy Blond Beer & Ginger Ale
Instructions
Serve on the rocks in a 12 oz beer glass with a lemon wheel and brandied cherries.
Grote Markt Punch
Ingredients
1.5 oz Diep 9 genever
1 oz Cocchi Americano
.5 oz Aperol
.75 oz fresh lemon juice
.25 oz Spiced Demerara syrup*
1 Poperings Hommel Ale
Instructions
Add all ingredients, except the beer, into a Boston Shaker. Add 1-2 Kolddraft ice cubes, and lightly shake for about 20 seconds. Strain into a Pop Hommel glass with cracked ice. Top with Pop Hommel and garnish with lemon wedges and serve with the remainder of the beer.
*Spiced Demerara Syrup:
Ingredients
2 cups Water
1 lb Demerara Sugar
4 Cinnamon sticks
6-8 Whole Cloves
Instructions
Add water to Demerara sugar. Add cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and bring up to heat until the sugar dissolves. Let steep for 2 hours, strain and keep cool.
Rufus Xavier
Ingredients
2 scoops Maple ice cream
1 oz Jeremiah Weed Sarsaparilla Whiskey
6 oz Oskar Blues Old Chub Scotch Ale
Top with finely chopped bacon garnish
Instructions
Combine ingredients in a glass just as a root beer float would be.
Summer of Sam
Ingredients
1.25 oz Sam Adams Summer Ale
.75 oz Aperol
.75 oz fresh lemon juice
.5 oz pineapple juice
Instructions
Stir all ingredients with ice. Serve in a beer glass
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