Editors' Favorite Beer Drinks

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. This cocktail is a fun way to spruce up an ordinary celebration.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chilled pale ale, ginger beer, and Angostura bitters are the basis for this simple beer drink.