Beer cocktail

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A shot glass containing Midori was dropped into a glass of shandy, making a fairly potent beer cocktail.

A beer cocktail is a cocktail that is made by mixing beer with a distilled beverage or another style of beer. In this type of cocktail, the primary ingredient is beer. A mixture of beer with a beverage that contains a soft drink is usually called a shandy.

List of beer cocktails

• Black and Tan – A drink made from a blend of pale ale and a dark beer such as a stout or porter.
• Black Velvet – Stout with some sparkling wine or champagne.
• Boilermaker – Glass of beer with a shot of whiskey.
• Brass Monkey – A beverage created by adding orange juice to a partially drunk 40 ounce. Named after the Beastie Boys song although disputed whether this is the drink referred to in the song.
• Coronarita – An overturned Corona bottle draining into a margarita.
• Dog's Nose - beer and gin. Referred to in Tom Sharpe's book Grantchester Grind.
• Flaming Doctor Pepper – Flaming drink made from beer, high-proof alcohol and Amaretto. Tastes like Dr Pepper.
• Hangman's Blood – Porter combined with brandy, gin, and rum.
• Irish Car Bomb – Irish stout with a mixed shot of Irish cream and Irish whiskey.
• Michelada – Beer mixed with lemon juice, salt, Worcestershire sauce, Valentina and Maggi hot sauces.
• Porchcrawler – Equal parts of beer, vodka, and lemonade concentrate.
• Sake bomb – A shot of sake poured or dropped into a glass of beer.
• Tom Bass – Bass ale with a shot of Jägermeister served in a pint glass.
• U-Boot – A glass of beer with a shot glass containing vodka "submerged" in it.
• Snakebite – Equal parts of lager and cider.

See also

• Berliner Weisse
• Wassail
• List of cocktails