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Cocktails

Our Favorite Beer Cocktails

May 01, 2023

Story: Punch Staff

photos: Lizzie Munro

Cocktails

Our Favorite Beer Cocktails

May 01, 2023

Story: Punch Staff

photos: Lizzie Munro

From a stout-spiked Jungle Bird to a Beertini and more.

Despite the relatively recent rise of the Spaghett (Aperol and lemon juice poured into a Miller High Life) and its fellow not-quite-spritzes, beer cocktails have a long history. The “shandy,” a two-part mix of beer with lemonade or ginger ale, was first mentioned in print in the late 19th century, and glühbier has long been a staple of European holiday drinking. Modern bartenders have not shied away from the category, either, often turning stouts, sours and IPAs into syrups to add layered dimension to a variety of cocktails. By now, the canon of beer cocktails has grown to include plenty of craveable, simple, built-in-the-glass drinks alongside a crop of beer cocktails that go beyond the typical two-part formula. To showcase the many sides of the beer cocktail, we rounded up some of our favorites, from an Americano topped with pilsner to the olive brine–spiked Midwestern bar staple, the Beertini.

Beertini Beer Cocktail Recipe
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Beertini

A Midwestern barroom staple.

Gluhbier Recipe
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Glueh Kriek

A glühbier recipe that works with sours, stouts, ales and more.

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The Spaghetti Incident in the Jungle

A Guns N' Roses-inspired Jungle Bird riff featuring stout syrup.

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Singchelada

The Michelada goes Thai.

Das Radler Beer Cocktail Recipe
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Das Radler

A blood orange rendition of the radler topped with sparkling blood orange soda.

Radler Beer Cocktail Recipe
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Hop Over

A tropical take on the radler features falernum and orange flower water.

White Bull Beer Cocktail Recipe
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White Bull

A sage shandy inspired by the Blood and Sand.

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Hop Skip Jump

Bitter Cynar and Punt e Mes complement the hoppy aromas of American Pale Ale.

Campari Radler
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Campari Radler

A Campari-laced riff on the traditional German beer and citrus drink.

Michelada Recipe
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Hotel San José’s Michelada

This meaty michelada is built on the bones of a traditional south-of-the-border recipe.

Beer Cocktail Recipe
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Hungry Hungry Hipster

A riff on the “bro-mosa,” an ironic mix of Miller High Life and orange juice.

Americano Cocktail Recipe
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Americano Perfecto

Pilsner replaces the usual soda water.

Beer Cocktail Recipe
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Picon Bière

France's version of a shandy based on the now-obscure bitter orange liqueur, Amer Picon.

Beer Cocktail Recipe
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Arrowhead Limited

A "mezcal Negroni" topped with IPA for an equally smoky, bitter and refreshing long drink.

Margaladaoma
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Margaladaoma

A cross between a Margarita, a Paloma and a Michelada.

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