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Beer cocktails for beerheads

July 16th, 2010 · 14 Comments · ~ Beer (lager / ale / stout) ~, ~ Cocktails ~, ~ Deep's cocktail creations ~, ~ Drinking skillz / bar skillz / DIY ~

I dunno what am gettin into here. Beer cocktails?? Well, they exist, so no point ignoring them.

Beer is a watered-down drink as it is, so ideally its best not to add too much of anything non-alcoholic into it, tho small amounts are fine. I tend to take my beer with a couple of shots of lime cordial for two reasons – it tastes good; and i end up drinking a lot faster and a lot more. Coz d problem with beer is the filling feel it gives.

Goddam beer is pretty versatile. Here are some of the more well-known cocktails.

Beer - more than a breakfast drink

1. Lager Lime – Like i said, beer with about 1.5 shots of lime cordial. (To know more about drink measurements, refer my post here.)

2. Snakebite – Half a pint of lager with half a pint of cider. Usually, a dash of blackcurrant cordial, “black”, is added as a sweetener. This is sometimes known as ‘diesel’. Some variants “float” the beer atop the cider in separate layers. Goes down too easy. A true Snakebite will also have a shot of vodka.

3. Black and Tan – Half and half – pale ale at the bottom, stout on the top. The most well-known brands of pale ale are Bass, Cooper’s and Sierra Nevada. Cant seem to find ‘em here. Was a favourite when i was part-timing as a bartender in UK.

4. Black Velvet – Half stout, half champagne. Haha! Sounds like a winner. Cant wait to try dis one!

5. Red Eye – Add a shot (30ml) of tomato juice to any ale or lager (this cocktail is also known as Tomato Beer or a Red Rooster). Hmm. Dunno bout this, bout sounds ok.

6. Cili Haram – Add a few drops of Tabasco into your beer. Created this when i was bored at a bar. Also coz i miss this Mexican chili beer i used to have, dont remember in which country. At d bottom of d bottle there’ll be a cute lil mafucker, looks like a cili padi. Adds spice to every sip. Can recreate d effect with Tabasco.

7. Bee Sting – Dark beer plus some orange juice. I’d think lager / wheat beer would be a bettter choice.

8. I dunno what its called or who made it, maybe me - Lager with a few drops of Ribena.

9. Caribbean Night – Beer and a shot of coffee liqueur. Interesting.

10. Name unknown (lets call it Todi Negro) – toddy + stout. A favourite locally-created cocktail.

11. Top 10 – a Sabah specialty – half lager, half Royal Stout / Guinness Foreign Extra Stout. D wilder chicks over there seem to luv it!

12. Donkey Piss - Beer + tequila = Bad idea.

OK, now go fuck around with beer.

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14 Comments so far ↓

  • ShaolinTiger

    I like a pint of lager with 2 shots of JD in the bottom :D Dunno wtf that is called.

    Yah snakebites are deadly, used to be a student favourite in UK for getting smashed fast.

    The deadliest was a bottle of diamond white + a bottle of stella artois.

    My favourite for casual lunch time drinking is lager top (pint of lager with about 1/2 inch of lemonade on the top). Similar effect as lager lime.

  • langkau

    some friends put kicap, cili sos and ajinomoto in their beers. one of them ended puking out his dinner. moral of the story: don’t eat before you drink!

  • Deep

    Yea man, good ol’ Lager Top. Works best with the soda dispensing gun. And how could i forget the most popular beer cocktail of all – the shandy! Beer + lemonade soda.
    Kicap in beer is kinda extreme. Almost as bad as a submarine!

  • eyeris

    In Poland, chicks loved to drink beer with apple juice. not cider… beer. with apple juice.

  • roy hodge

    how many Anglias to get high.. even a mild high?
    if at all possible..

  • Deep

    How many shandys to get high??? I’d say 50. Have never tried to get trashed on shandy before tho!

  • siva

    when i want to get hammered, irish car bombs are the way to go..drop a shot glass containing irish whiskey and irish cream into a 1/2 pint of guinness stout and bottoms up!

  • drbaldev

    Black velvet is served traditionally on New Years day at the Royal Selangor club long bar from 12 pm onward. All on the house for a couple of hours into the afternoon. It supposedly works rather well as a cure for hangovers too, which is probably why its served on the 1st as well.
    Pretty nice drink, and I’ll remember to invite you for a couple of shots next New Years day Deep, if you’re up to it.

  • Deep

    Irish Car Bombs are fuckin great man. No doubt.
    Doc, will take u up on dat offer! Sounds like some fun. Noon drinking is cool.
    Best choice i guess would be not go to bed at all. Or wake up to a Black Velvet brunch!

  • Deep

    The Michelada sounds interesting man.
    Next i plan to add a dash of fresh lime juice to the Cili Haram cocktail. See wat happens

  • sammy

    I dunno what its called or who made it, maybe me – Lager with a few drops of Ribena. – Lager & Black- women in the UK drink it a lot..there they use the fake b/currant stuff. Goes well with cheap US beers like Miller, Buds and Coors..

  • Deep

    Haha! Thanks Sammy for clarifying that. Havent had it in years. Will do one tonite

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