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Cranberry Ginger Shandy
Gather the ingredients. In a large pitcher, combine the cranberry juice, ginger beer, and lemon juice. Stir well. Chill until you're ready to serve. Before serving, rim tall glasses with a ginger-sugar rim, wetting the rim with lemon juice and rolling it in a mix of ground ginger and sugar. Add beer to the pitcher just before serving. Pour the shandy into the prepared glasses over ice, if desired. Garnish with a lemon wedge. Serve and enjoy! Tips To make ginger sugar, combine 1 part white granulated sugar with 1/2 part ground ginger. Mix it well until you get a uniform light brown color. If your shandy is chilled, there's really no need to add ice. The other option is to add ice to the pitcher. Don't mix it up too early or you will lose some of the effervescence from the beers. You can also hold the beer, then top each glass with freshly tapped beer. You will need two whole lemons to get 3 1/2 ounces of fresh-squeezed juice.
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Gather the ingredients. In a pint glass, combine the jalapeño syrup, tequila, and fruit juices. Stir well. Fill the glass with ice (if desired) and top with beer. Serve and enjoy! Tips If your beer and juices are cold, there's really no need to add ice unless you'd like to. Your drink will also stay colder if you pour it into a frosty glass. Pour the beer slower than normal and stop with a little extra room at the top. The foam head will form quickly as it interacts with the pineapple juice. You can always top it off once the head relaxes. Jalapeño simple syrup is very easy to make at home. You will need a raw sugar such as demerara, two peppers, and a cup of water. It takes just 20 minutes but will need to cool before you mix with it. Fresh lemon juice is best. The average lemon yields 1 3/4 ounces of juice, so one fruit is more than enough for a few shandies. You can even simply squeeze a lemon wedge directly into the drink. You can use a juicer to make fresh pineapple juice or muddle chunks of the fruit, then strain out the juice. If you buy the juice, consider using smaller cans so any leftovers don't go bad before you get a chance to drink it. A silver (blanco) tequila is an excellent choice for this shandy. Yet, it is really interesting with the slight oakiness found in a reposado tequila.
View MoreWatermelon Beer
Gather the ingredients. In a mixing glass, muddle the watermelon to extract its juice. Strain out the fruit pieces and any seeds, leaving only the juice. Pour the vanilla syrup into a frosty pint glass, then fill halfway with watermelon juice. Top with the beer. Serve and enjoy! Tips When straining the watermelon, you can get a little extra juice by pressing the fruit into the strainer. Be sure to use a fine-mesh strainer to capture all the seeds and small pieces of fruit. If you have a juicer, use that for the watermelon to maximize the juice yield. Store any excess in a tightly sealed bottle in the refrigerator and use it within a couple of days. You can find vanilla syrup at most grocery stores because it's a popular flavor for sweetening coffee. Vanilla syrup is also very easy to make at home. All you need is 2 cups of sugar, 1 cup of water, and a vanilla bean. Stir the sugar into boiling water, reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes. Pour the syrup over a split vanilla bean in a heatproof jar. Let it steep for about 8 hours before removing the bean and bottling the syrup. It's even easier (and cheaper) with 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract added to the hot syrup. Watermelon beer can be made in any tall glass, no matter the volume. The point is to fill the glass half-way with the juice and syrup mix then fill it the rest of the way with beer. You can certainly add ice if you like. It's not necessary if you use a chilled glass and ice-cold beer, though.
View MoreTrojan Horse Mixed Drink
Gather the ingredients. Pour the Guinness into a pint glass or beer mug, filling it halfway. Top with the cola. Serve and enjoy! Tips These are two very fizzy ingredients, so pour very slowly to reduce the foamy head and a potential overflow. It's also a good idea to tilt the glass so the liquid you're pouring runs down the side rather than splashing directly in the middle. There's no need to stir the drink as the cola's carbonation will do the mixing for you. Make this drink even better by serving it in a frosty glass. Storing pints and mugs in the freezer door is a great way to ensure you always have a few on hand when needed.
View MoreBlack Velvet Cocktail
Gather the ingredients. Pour the Champagne into a wine flute, filling the glass halfway. Slowly pour the stout on top to fill the glass. Serve and enjoy! Tips You can also pour this drink in a beer mug or pint glass, though the flute does add a fancy touch. No matter the glass, pour equal amounts of Champagne and stout. Since there is no ice involved in mixing this drink, it really is best when both ingredients are well-chilled. It's something you likely do for both sparkling wine and stout anyway but don't forget to do it when making the black velvet. Though traditionally made with French Champagne, any sparkling wine will create a nice black velvet. You might, for instance, pour Italy's Prosecco or Spain's cava, both of which tend to be less expensive than Champagne.
View MoreCorrido Prohibidos
Salt the rim of a chilled beer mug. Pour tequila into the glass. Tip the glass and slowly pour the beer on top. Garnish with a lime wedge.
View MoreCold In The Shadows
Gather the ingredients. In a cocktail shaker, pour the Campari, lime juice, honey syrup, and raspberry liqueur. Whip shake (shake just a few times) and add the beer to the tin. Fill a highball glass with crushed ice. Strain the drink into the glass. Garnish with slices of orange and lime and add a straw. Serve and enjoy! Tips Honey syrup is essentially watered-down honey; the thinner sweetener blends more easily into cold drinks. To make it, stir equal parts of honey to water (however much you need) until you get an even consistency. Follow the recommended method for mixing this drink because it really does work out well. Adding the effervescent beer after the whip shake will finish mixing the drink for you. Fresh lime juice is highly recommended. The average lime will yield about 1 ounce, so you can squeeze it directly into the shaker. Maximize the juice by letting the fruit warm up to room temperature and rolling it under your palm with gentle pressure. Anderson Valley makes some great beer, but feel free to pour your favorite IPA. That style of beer pairs well with Campari—others may not, though they're worth trying. If, after the first few sips, you find the drink could use a little more beer, add it. The 1 1/2 ounces is one-eighth of a bottle, so you'll have plenty left over to pour extra as needed.
View MoreTwist & Shout
Gather the ingredients. In a blender, add the ice cream, chocolate and caramel syrups, spiced rum, crème de cacao, and Guinness. Blend until smooth. Pour into a tall glass. Garnish with whipped cream, caramel and chocolate syrups, and a spoonful of extra-crispy bacon crumbles. Serve and enjoy! Tips White crème de cacao can be used instead of the dark liqueur without affecting the taste. Typically, one is chosen over the other to control a drink's color, but this recipe is filled with dark ingredients so either chocolate liqueur will work. Packaged bacon bits work perfectly fine for the garnish. You can also fry or oven-bake bacon until it's really crispy. Let the cooked bacon cool, then chop it up into tiny bits using a food processor. They can be stored in the freezer and used whenever you need them.
View MoreBeer, Bourbon and Barbecue Cocktail
Make the BBQ Water In a mixing bowl, combine barbecue sauce with an equal part of steaming hot water. Whisk until fully incorporated. Let sit to cool, or refrigerate. Make the Cocktail Gather the ingredients. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, pour the liquors and BBQ water. Squeeze the juice of a quarter of an orange into the shaker as well. Shake vigorously. Strain into a cocktail glass. Pour a quarter of a bottle of beer into a cocktail shaker and shake until foamy. Spoon the beer foam on top of the cocktail to garnish. Serve and enjoy!
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