Beer Cocktails?

[tarelki]

I'm slightly obsessed wth the idea since recently, well i know since when actually - after reading about the Green Devil (Duvel, Pernod, gin concoction by Stephen Beaumont) in Ale Street News.

[Rob DeNunzio]

There's great potential in the beer cocktail world. My (all too often mentioned) favorite is the Picon bière, a drink that's always made me wonder if we were limiting our bittering agents too much to hops when there's a whole world of bitters out there to play with...

[Virgil G]

When i used to need an alcoholobotomy, I'd have a "baltimore zoo"; it's kind of a long island iced tea with a splash of beer... but 2 of them and you forget everything.

[Eli the Mad Beer Man]

Interesting.

I've had a beer cocktail in the form of the Moscow Mule (vodka, ginger beer, lime). Very good! Deadly actually.

I'll have to give the Green Devil a try ASAP.

[Rob DeNunzio]

Hey no cheating. Moscow Mule doesn't have any beer in it. Just the word. After "ginger".

Eli the Mad Beer Man said:

Interesting.

I've had a beer cocktail in the form of the Moscow Mule (vodka, ginger beer, lime). Very good! Deadly actually.

I'll have to give the Green Devil a try ASAP.

[Chipper Dave]

Mixing beer with other alcohol drinks seems so wrong that it may be just right! Will have to try some of these. Keep 'em coming!

[tarelki]

started some pineapple rum infusion yesterday and ended up with plenty of leftovers (pineapple that is).
so made a cocktail riffing on Swinging Chad (you know elections and stuff) - golden rum/pineapple juice/Aventinus - came out pretty good.

[Man In The Moon]

An old favourite, that i believe you can now buy ready mixed (or is it just a beer brewed with the characteristics), is a Black and Tan or if youre in a place that does not serve Guinness (yes, there were places that didnt, maybe there still are) a Mackie Tan (Mackesons and bitter).
Here's a few i remember:
A Mother-In-Law (mix of Old and Bitter)
A Grandmother (mix of Old and Mild)
Car Bomb (Guinness with a shot glass filled with half Jamesons half Baileys dropped in it, shotgun it before it curdles)

[Da OD]

A favorite in my family has always been Black Velvet- Stout and champagne or a Black Duck- Stout and Cold Duck. There is always the Snack Bite- Stout and Cider. Dr. Pepper-(if memory serves) Ameretto, Rum, and lager. Just a few I can think of off the top off my head. Although not a cocktail per say A Boilermaker (shot of whiskey served as a chaser for your beer) is a great way to mask a brew of lesser quality.

[Rob DeNunzio]

In resurrecting an old thread, here's an article that went out today about the burgeoning beer cocktail scene in the City. Granted, anything "cocktail" is considered a "scene" here at the moment, but hey, who are we kidding? These are times in which one could use a good stiff drink.

[olllllo]

I also make Moscow Mules with homemade Ginger (N/A non-beer) Beer.
I imagine that a ginger flavored beer would be a good thing to try.
The copper mug is a key ingredient.
It melts the ice very rapidly and gives you a new level of cold refreshment.

I've also recently made mulled beer (beer nog) loosely based on this wikihow:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Mulled-Beer

Definitely cut the sugar if you try it.


Following with interest.

[Michael from MidwestMicroBrews]

My Irish grandfather taught me this beer cocktail as a cure-all for the next morning:

6-ounces Irish Stout (I use Beamish, but Guinness will always do the trick)
3-ounces Heavy Cream or Whole Milk (I use Soymilk)
2-ounce Irish Whiskey (I prefer Bushmill's Malt 10-years)
1-ounce Kahlua

I know it sounds awful, and it is at first. Once you acquire a taste for it though, you'll look to it on those groggy, headache-filled Sunday mornings.

Cheers!
Michael
MidwestMicroBrews

[tarelki]

don't know how i missed this artcile: Bartenders hop up cocktail flavors with beer

look at such ideas as Scotch-based Blood and Sand with Cherry Ale, or this one called strange brew - i'm so trying it tonight :)

Strange Brew

Makes 1 drink

From Range in San Francisco.

* 2 medium chunks fresh pineapple
* 1 1/2 ounces Tanqueray 10 gin
* 3/4 ounce St. Germain Elderflower liqueur
* 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
* 1 ounce India pale ale
* -- Sprig of fresh mint

Instructions: In a cocktail shaker, muddle the pineapple then add gin, elderflower liqueur and lemon juice. Shake well with ice and strain into a pilsner glass filled with crushed ice. Top off with India pale ale. Garnish with a sprig of mint.