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What exactly is a beer cocktail or beertail?

Feb 2, 2016 5:00:00 PM / by Stephen Fiske

What exactly is a beer cocktail or beertail?

Let me start this blog off by saying I don’t recommend making a beertail with a good, rare craft beer. Enjoy that beer as-is. Use other big market beers for these recipes.

So, what exactly is a beertail? Well for one, it’s pretty obviously a beer cocktail. Yes, beer can be used as an ingredient in a cocktail. That is just one of the many fun facts about beer.

You’ve probably had a beertail at one point or another. Ever heard of a Beergarita? It’s simply just a margarita with a beer in it. That’s probably one of the most simple beertail recipes out there.

Beertails get way more complicated / delicious than that. Here are two of my absolute favorite recipes. But, next time you’re out at a bar, ask the bartender if he has any signature beertails he can make for you. This is how I’ve discovered a few of my absolute favorite drinks. Also, for some more amazing drink recipes, check out The Beeroness. Beer as an ingredient isn't just restricted to cocktails, you can make some amazing dishes, as well.

Here are some of my favorite beertails:

 

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Recipe courtesy of: www.thefreutcake.com

 Spicy Micheladas

Ingredients

  • 1 6oz can tomato juice
  • 2 limes, juiced (about 1/3 cup juice)
  • 1/4 teaspoon celery salt, plus more for rim
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoons Tabasco
  • 1 12oz bottle of beer- Pacifico or Modelo
  • Season salt, for rim
  • Lime slices, for garnish
  • Ice cubes
  1. Rub the rims of two glasses with lime and dip in a mixture of celery salt mixed with seasoned salt. Set aside.
  2. In a measuring cup or pitcher, combine the tomato juice, lime juice, celery salt, Worcestershire and Tabasco and mix well. Adjust seasoning to taste.
  3. Add a handful of ice to each of the prepared glasses, then divide the tomato juice mixture between them. Top up the glasses with half a bottle of beer each, then garnish with a lime slice.

 

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Recipe courtesy of: www.bonappetit.com 

Dublin Iced Coffee

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. strong cold-brew coffee
  • 2 oz. stout (such as AleSmith Speedway or Guinness)
  • 1½ oz. Irish whiskey
  • ¾ oz. simple syrup
  • 1/2 ounce heavy cream
  • Freshly grated cinnamon stick (for serving)
  1. Mix coffee, stout, whiskey, and simple syrup in a highball glass.
  2. Add ice to fill.
  3. Gently pour in cream so it gradually sinks into coffee.
  4. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

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Topics: craft beer, beertail, beer, beer cocktail

Stephen Fiske

Written by Stephen Fiske