Ale Flip

Ingredients

1.5 oz.	Dark Rum (or Brandy)
8 oz.	Dark Beer
1 oz.	Brown Sugar Syrup
1	Egg
Garnish	Grated Nutmeg

Directions

Combine the Rum and Brown Sugar Syrup in a Cup
Crack the Egg into another Glass and Beat
Pour the Beer in a Small Pot over low heat until it steams and froths
Pour the Warm Beer into the Glass with Rum
Pour that Glass into the Glass with Egg
Pour the back and forth between the Glasses until smooth
Pour the Contents into a Mug
Garnish with Grated Nutmeg

The Ale Flip is another old cocktail from 1600’s Colonial America. Like many other older cocktails, it was sometimes prescribed to treat various medical ailments such as insomnia and indigestion, which probably didn’t help that much.

March 27, 2023 0

Grapefruit Shandy

Ingredients

12 oz.	Wheat Beer
2 oz.	Grapefruit Juice
Garnish	Grapefruit Slice

Directions

Combine Ingredients in a Beer Glass
Stir till Combined
Garnish with a Grapefruit Slice

The Grapefruit Shandy is a Shandy, except with Grapefruit Juice instead of Lemonade. It is the most popular Shandy riff. Some recipes call for Grapefruit Soda or try making a Grapefruit Ade with Simple Syrup and Water, but I find that to be completely unnecessary and overly sweet.

March 7, 2023 0

Shandy

Ingredients

I Part	Wheat Beer
1 Part	Lemonade (Typically Sparkling)
Garnish	Lemon Wheel

Directions

Combine the Ingredients in a Beer Glass
Stir till combined
Garnish with a Lemon Wheel

A Shandy, or Summer Shandy, is like a Beer Arnold Palmer. Although you can use any beer, Wheat Beer works best. You can also use whatever Lemonade you like, but the usual one is the carbonated version that is drank in Europe.

March 3, 2023 0

Irish Car Bomb

Ingredients

12 oz.	Guinness (Stout)
.75 oz.	Irish Cream
.75 oz.	Irish Whiskey

Directions

Pour the Stout in a Pint Glass
Pour the Irish Cream in a Shot Glass
Layer the Irish Whiskey on to of the Irish Cream
Drop the Shot Glass into the Pint Glass
Drink quickly before the Irish Cream begins to curdle

The Irish Car Bomb, or Irish Shot (among other names), was invented in 1979 by Charles Burke Cronin Oat in Norwich, Connecticut. The name is a reference to the fact that all the ingredients are from Ireland but also to the series of car bombing that happened in Ireland during “The Troubles.” Some deem the name offensive and have begun using other names. It is a bomb shot, not unlike the Vegas Bomb or Sake Bomb. The Shot Glass is normally dropped into the Pint Glass, but some like to just pour it in.

February 24, 2023 0

Trojan Horse

Ingredients

1 Part	Stout
1 Part	Cola

Directions

Combine the Ingredients in a Beer Glass
Stir till Combined

The Trojan Horse, or the Guinness and Coke, is a simple two ingredient Cocktail. It is called the Trojan Horse because the Cola is supposed to hide the taste of the Stout like the Wooden Horse hid the soldiers in Greek Mythology. But is also begs the question, if you don’t like the taste of Guinness, why drink it?

February 21, 2023 0

Red Eye

Ingredients

12 oz.	Lager Beer
2 oz.	Tomato Juice
Rim	Salt
Garnish	Lime Wedge

Directions

Rim a Beer Mug with Salt
Pour the Beer and Tomato Juice into the Mug
Stir till Combined
Garnish with a Lime Wedge

The Red Eye, or Red Beer, is similar to the Michelada, which is sort of like a Beer Bloody Mary. It is usually drank as a brunch cocktail.

February 14, 2023 0

Rattle Skull

Ingredients

12 oz.	Porter
1.5 oz.	Rum (or Brandy)
.75 oz.	Lime Juice
.5 oz.	Brown Sugar Syrup
Garnish	Grated Nutmeg

Directions

Combine the Ingredients in a Beer Mug
Stir till Combined
Garnish with Grated Nutmeg

The Rattle Skull is a Beer Cocktail from the colonial days of America. The name Rattle Skull is an insult referring to someone who is “empty headed” and talks to much, which this drink can make you as it packs a punch.

February 1, 2023 1

Boilermaker

Ingredients

1.5 oz.	Whiskey
12 oz.	Beer

Directions

Take the Shot
Drink the Beer

The Boilermaker, or “shot and a beer,” is simply a shot of Whiskey with Beer as a chaser. It was created in Butte, Montana in the late 1800’s. It’s original name was Sean O’Farrell and was served to mostly miners. Sometimes the Whiskey is mixed into the beer, and if the shot is dropped into the beer it becomes known as a Depth Charge, Bomb Shot, or Drop Shot.

December 29, 2022 0

Black Velvet

Ingredients

1 Part	Champagne (Sparkling Wine)
1 Part	Stout

Directions

Fill half a Champagne Flute with Champagne
Float a Stout Beer on Top

The Black Velvet is a Beer and Wine Cocktail from London, England in the mid-1800’s. The most common Beer used is Guinness Extra Stout. It is similar to the Black and Tan, except Champagne is used instead of a Pale Ale.

November 17, 2022 0

Beer Float

Ingredients

Beer

Ice Cream

Directions

Pour Beer into a Beer Mug while leaving room
Scoop Ice Cream into the Beer Mug

A Beer Float is like a Root Beer Float, but with Beer. Adding the Beer first is pretty important, because if you pour it over the Ice Cream, the foam will get all hard and it will become difficult to continue adding beer. You can use whatever Beer you want, but a Porter or Stout works really well. Just be smart with what you use, because Cotton Candy Ice Cream might not taste great with a Double IPA.

November 12, 2022 0