Beer cocktail
{{Short description|Cocktail made by mixing beer with a distilled beverage}}
File:The_Official_Queen_Mary_Cocktail.jpg: beer, grenadine and maraschino cherries|270x270px]]
{{Wiktionary|cocktail}}
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{{Cite web |last=Goyanes |first=Ily |date=January 3, 2014 |title=Battle of the Cerveza-Mixed Drinks: Cuba's Bul vs. Mexico's Michelada |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/restaurants/battle-of-the-cerveza-mixed-drinks-cubas-bul-vs-mexicos-michelada-6596747 |website=Miami New Times}} A variant of {{lang|es|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{{Cite book |last=Media |first=Adams |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qd6WDgAAQBAJ&dq=Red+eye+beer+cocktail&pg=PA34 |title=The Bar Cart Bible: Everything You Need to Stock Your Home Bar and Make Delicious Classic Cocktails |date=2017 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-5072-0116-9 |pages=34 |language=en}}
- 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{{Cite web|url=https://www.coastalliving.com/food/entertaining/difference-between-radler-shandy-beer-cocktail|title=What's the Difference Between a Radler and a Shandy?|website=Coastal Living|access-date=2019-07-21|archive-date=2020-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813054507/https://www.coastalliving.com/food/entertaining/difference-between-radler-shandy-beer-cocktail|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/185939/radler-vs-shandy-what-is-the-difference/|title=What Is the Difference Between a Radler and a Shandy?|website=Chowhound|date=25 September 2021 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kegworks.com/blog/a-complete-guide-to-citrus-beer/|title=A Guide to Citrus Beer: What is a Shandy and a Radler?|date=April 3, 2019|website=KegWorks Blog}}
- Snakebite – Equal parts lager and cider
- Somaek – Soju mixed with beer
- Spaghett – Miller High Life mixed with Aperol and lemon juice{{cite web |last1=Futterman |first1=Lisa |title=Spaghett About It |url=https://www.foodandwine.com/cocktails-spirits/beer-cocktails/spaghett-about-it |website=Food & Wine |access-date=5 February 2025 |language=en |date=18 July 2022}}
- U-boot – Glass of beer with a bomb shot containing vodka
See also
{{Portal|Beer}}
- List of cocktails
- Beer mix
- Bierlikör – beer liqueur
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Alcoholic beverages}}
{{Lists of beverages}}
{{Portalbar|Drink}}