
A beer cocktail is a cocktail that is made by mixing beer with other ingredients (such as a distilled beverage) or another style of beer. In this type of cocktail, the primary ingredient is usually beer.
List of beer cocktails
- 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
- Blow My Skull – 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
- 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
- Hangman's blood – Porter combined with brandy, gin and rum
- Irish car bomb – a pint glass containing half a pint of Irish stout with a mixed bomb shot of Irish cream and Irish whiskey
- Michelada – Beer with citrus juice (e.g. lime juice), tomato juice, seasoning, chili sauce and Worcestershire sauce[1] A variant of cerveza preparada (Mexican prepared beer)
- Porchcrawler – Equal parts of beer, vodka, and lemonade concentrate
- Queen Mary – Beer with grenadine and maraschino cherries, originally from Canada, named for Mary of Teck
- Red Eye – beer, tomato juice (or clamato in Canada), with optional lemon or hot sauce[2]
- 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[3][4][5]
- Snakebite – Equal parts lager and cider
- Somaek – Soju mixed with beer
- Spaghett – Miller High Life mixed with Aperol and lemon juice[6]
- U-boot – Glass of beer with a bomb shot containing vodka
See also
- List of cocktails
- Beer mix
- Bierlikör – beer liqueur
References
- ^ Goyanes, Ily (January 3, 2014). "Battle of the Cerveza-Mixed Drinks: Cuba's Bul vs. Mexico's Michelada". Miami New Times.
- ^ Media, Adams (2017). The Bar Cart Bible: Everything You Need to Stock Your Home Bar and Make Delicious Classic Cocktails. Simon and Schuster. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-5072-0116-9.
- ^ "What's the Difference Between a Radler and a Shandy?". Coastal Living. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ^ "What Is the Difference Between a Radler and a Shandy?". Chowhound. 25 September 2021.
- ^ "A Guide to Citrus Beer: What is a Shandy and a Radler?". KegWorks Blog. April 3, 2019.
- ^ Futterman, Lisa (18 July 2022). "Spaghett About It". Food & Wine. Retrieved 5 February 2025.