Summer Cocktails with Craft Beer

Cócteles de verano con cerveza artesana

To our craft beer friends, upon reading the title of this post, you might be thinking: "The people at Althaia have gone crazy, how can they suggest summer cocktails with craft beer by mixing it with other drinks?" And you're right. A good craft beer on its own, without adding any other drinks, is perfect at any time of the year and, of course, in summer. But if you already know the varieties we offer in our store, you'll realize that we like to take risks, to create products with new, different flavors. Wow, we're restless! That's why we suggest these summer cocktails with craft beer in case you feel like trying to mix it with other ingredients.

Summer cocktails with blonde craft beer

Craft beer sangria

Sangria, in Spain, is one of the favorite summer drinks, both for Spaniards and for the "guiris" who visit us. It's refreshing and full of flavor. It's usually made with red or white wine. We suggest this combination where we substitute wine with beer. But not just any beer, an American Pale Ale style beer like our Cap Blanc is perfect; highly refreshing with citrus and fruity flavors.

Ingredients:

  • 3 Cap Blanc beers
  • 100 ml of tequila
  • 30 ml of Cointreau
  • 6 strawberries
  • 2 oranges
  • 2 peaches
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • 1 liter of pineapple juice or your favorite
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar
  • Ice

Preparation:

First, cut the fruits into pieces. In a large pitcher, place the fruit, lemon and pineapple juice or similar, sugar, and spirits. Let it macerate in the refrigerator for at least a couple of hours. Take out the pitcher and slowly pour in the Cap Blanc craft beers. Add ice, stir with a spoon, and enjoy the delicious sangria with craft beer!

Summer cocktails with toasted craft beer

Bull with craft beer

The Bull is a very refreshing beer cocktail, perfect for summer. A Märzen style beer, mahogany in color, with a creamy mocha-like foam, goes perfectly with this combination. We recommend our Mediterranean Märzen "gluten-free", which, in addition to its elegant freshness where malty flavors prevail, is suitable for coeliacs.

Ingredients:

  • 1 Mediterranean Märzen beer
  • 45 ml white rum
  • 30 ml lemon juice
  • 30 ml natural syrup
  • Ice
  • Salt for rimming
  • 1 lemon slice

Preparation:

First, we rim the glass. Rub the lemon slice around the rim of the wide glass or cup where you will serve the Bull. On a plate, place salt and dip the rim until the salt adheres. Add the rum, lemon juice, and syrup. Mix everything with a spoon. Add ice. Finally, fill with Mediterranean Märzen craft beer.

Summer cocktails with dark craft beer

Black Velvet with craft beer

Black Velvet is a simple but sophisticated cocktail. It will be the perfect drink after a dinner with friends or at any party. This cocktail was first prepared at the exclusive Brooks’s Club in London in 1861. It was created as a tribute to Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, when he passed away. It symbolizes black mourning armbands. It only has two ingredients: dark beer and champagne or cava. The beer we chose for this cocktail is a Smoke Imperial Stout style like our Barlovento. It will bring smoky and exotic notes to this combination thanks to tonka bean and chocolate and mocha aromas from its roasted malts.

Ingredients:

  • 1 very cold Barlovento beer
  • Champagne or cava, also very cold
  • 1 cherry

Preparation:

In a champagne flute, pour champagne or cava halfway. Finish by adding the Barlovento beer. If you want to create a layer separation effect, pour the beer over an inverted spoon. Decorate with the cherry, letting it fall to the bottom. With these three summer craft beer cocktails, we are ready to toast to Prince Albert or whoever we want. We remind you that you can also make these craft beer cocktails alcohol-free. At Cervezas Althaia, we have alcohol-free beer like the Mediterranean IPA "alcohol-free" which will be perfect when you need to reduce or eliminate the alcohol content of the cocktail.