Our Favorite Beer Beverages

Black Velvet

The next time you have an occasion to toast, skip the traditional bubbly. Instead, pour sparkling wine into Champagne flutes, filling half full. Top with an equal amount of chilled stout beer. It's a fun way to spruce up an ordinary celebration.

Recipe: Black Velvet

Lime-Chile Beer

Bring out the Tex-Mex flavors of fajita night with a drink made from light-bodied wheat beer. Lime juice, sugar, salt, and chili powder combine to add a sweet-tart heat to the evening.

Recipe: Lime-Chile Beer

Fresh Ginger Beer

Enjoy a nonalcoholic night by making your own beer from bottled ginger, lime juice, sugar, and sparkling water. If you like ginger ale, you're guaranteed to love this tangy drink.

Recipe: Fresh Ginger Beer

Bul

Serve a light, refreshing Cuban-inspired drink (pronounced "bool") made with lime juice, ginger ale, and your favorite bottled beer. We like it best with a pale ale or light-colored beer.

Recipe: Bul

Double Ginger Floats

Make a zesty ginger beer float flavored with ginger, cardamom, and cinnamon. Heat the ice cream in the microwave for about five seconds to soften before serving. If you've got kids around, top theirs with ginger ale instead.

Recipe: Double Ginger Floats

Beer 'Garitas

Drink to a Mexican-inspired evening with these tasty sippers. Limeade concentrate and orange liqueur add bright flavor. If you like your margaritas bold, make the drink with dark beer. Serve in mason jars for added summer flair.

Recipe: Beer 'Garitas

Raspberry Beer Cocktail

Serve a fruity concoction made with fresh raspberries and raspberry lemonade concentrate. Crush the strawberries in the pitcher before serving to release their tasty tart juices.

Recipe: Raspberry Beer Cocktail

Ginger Beer Cocktail

Switch from sangria and try this fruit-infused drink. Fresh slices of cucumber, apple, and orange float in the ginger-beer-and-orange-juice concoction. Ginger beer is made both with and without alcohol, so you can tailor this recipe to suit kid-friendly gatherings.

Recipe: Ginger Beer Cocktail

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