Beer cocktail

A beer cocktail is a cocktail that is made by mixing beer with a distilled beverage or another style of beer. In this type of cocktail, the primary ingredient is beer. A mixture of beer with a beverage that contains a soft drink is usually called a shandy.

A "Badger" cocktail, made from Guinness and Smirnoff Ice

List of beer cocktails

• Admiral’s Flush - Guinness with a shot of port added in
• Black and Tan – A layered drink made from a blend of pale ale and a dark beer such as a stout or porter. Traditionally uses bitter and stout.
• Black Velvet – A layered drink using a combination of Stout and sparkling wine or champagne.[1] A "Poor man's Black velvet" uses cider instead of champagne.
• Blow my Skull Off – Ale or porter with rum and brandy
• Boilermaker – Mild ale mixed with bottled brown ale (United Kingdom). The American version is a glass of beer with a shot of whiskey. The beer is either served as a chaser or mixed with the whiskey.
• Brass Monkey – There are at least two cocktails going by this name. The beer version is created by adding orange juice to malt liquor.
• Bul – equal parts Corona (or pilsner or pale ale)[2] and ginger ale, and lime juice.[1] This sweet drink is a Cuban favorite.[3]
• Coronarita – Overturned Corona bottle draining into a margarita.[4][5]
• Clam Pint - Lager with Clamato. Occasionally served premixed or with the Clamato separate for the customer to add. Popular in Western Canada
• Depth Charge – Pint of beer with a bomb shot of Drambuie dropped within. A "depth charge" is also another name for a bomb shot.
• Dog's Nose – Beer and gin, referred to in Tom Sharpe's book Grantchester Grind.
• Flaming Doctor Pepper - a flaming drink made from a bomb shot of high-proof alcohol and Amaretto ignited and dropped into a pint of beer. Tastes like Dr Pepper.
• Hangman's Blood – Porter combined with brandy, gin and rum.
• Incredible Hulk - a variation of the cognac drink of the same name. Both share the similarity of a Hulk-like, green color. It combines equal parts of lager and WKD Blue.[6][7]
• Irish Car Bomb – a pint glass containing half a pint of Irish stout with a mixed bomb shot of Irish cream and Irish whiskey.
• Lunchbox – Beer mixed with orange juice and a shot of Amaretto[8]
• Michelada – "Prepared beer" (or a lager) with citrus juice (e.g. lime juice), tomato juice, seasoning, chili sauce and Worcester sauce.[1] This tart, salty, and sour drink is popular in Mexico.[3]
• Micky Mouse – Equal parts of lager and bitter [9]
• Nueva Cuba – Tecate light with Coca-Cola.[10]
• Porchcrawler – Equal parts of beer, vodka, and lemonade concentrate.
• Portagaff – Stout with lemonade
• Queen Mary – Beer with grenadine.
• Red eye - beer, Clamato juice, chili sauce, Worcester sauce.
• Sake bomb – Shot of sake poured or dropped into a glass of beer.
• Shandy or radler – Beer with lemonade, citrus soda, ginger beer, ginger ale, or fruit juice, e.g. grapefruit.[11][12][13]
• Slushie - Frozen slush made from a base of beer.[14]
• Snakebite – Equal parts of lager and cider.
• Snakebite & Black – Equal parts of lager and cider, and a shot of blackcurrant squash. Originally creme de cassis was added instead of squash.
• Smooth tickle – Bud Light, iced tea, and sugar.[1]
• Somaek – Soju with beer. The ratio varies liberally.
• Tom Bass – Bass ale with a shot of Jägermeister served in a pint glass.[15][16]
• Turbo Shandy - equal parts of strong lager and lemonade flavored alcopop.[17][18]
• U-Boot – Glass of beer with a bomb shot containing vodka "submerged" in it.
• Vancouver Vice – Weiss beer based cocktail with gin, bitters, Pimms, citrus juices and strawberry honey syrup.[19]

See also

• Berliner Weisse
• Wassail
• List of cocktails

References

1. "5 O'Clock Fridays: Watermelon Mint Margarita Popsicles". Spoon University. July 29, 2016.
2. "The Bul Recipe". www.seriouseats.com.
3. Goyanes, Ily (January 3, 2014). "Battle of the Cerveza-Mixed Drinks: Cuba's Bul vs. Mexico's Michelada". Miami New Times.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2015-01-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Dave & Buster's – Drink Menu – Best Sports Bar Ever". Dave & Buster's Drinks.
6. "Incredible Hulk! - One mean green drink to get you mess". StudentRecipes.com.
7. "The one & only 'INCREDIBLE HULK' Cocktail". www.cocktail.uk.com.
8. "Lunchbox Recipe". NYT Cooking. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
9. Maunder, Hilke; Reincke, Madeleine (26 April 2013). SŸdengland : Baedeker-Wissen: Eurotunnel: Huckepack nach England ; Kšnig Artus: Legende und Literatur ; Stonehenge: Zeuge der Megalithkultur ; Bankenplatz London: Europas Weltfinanzzentrum ; mit gro§er Reisekarte. Baedeker. ISBN 9783829714655 – via Google Books.
10. "9 Coke Cocktails That Aren't Rum and Coke". Spoon University. August 4, 2017.
11. "What's the Difference Between a Radler and a Shandy?". Coastal Living.
12. "What Is the Difference Between a Radler and a Shandy?". Chowhound.
13. "A Guide to Citrus Beer: What is a Shandy and a Radler?". KegWorks Blog. April 3, 2019.
14. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2020/08/06/spiked-slushies-alcohol-drink-trend-rum-slushies-beer-slushies-hard-seltzer-slushies/3299186001/
15. Beer Magazine Sept/Oct 2009 Issue 12
16. "10 Summer Beer Cocktails That Don't Suck". Coedmagazine.com. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
17. "Turbo Shandy Drink Recipe - Cocktail". www.barnonedrinks.com.
18. "Smirnoff Ice™ Gameday Shandy".
19. Beer Wrangler "A perfect beer cocktail for the summer". Archived from the original on 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2018-09-18.