THE
BEER
COCKTAIL
Flavors that can (sometimes)
go great together BY WIL L IAM KENNEDY
T
he beer cocktail might seem like the Jerry
Maguire of alcoholic beverages: just enough
football for the dudes and just enough
romantic comedy for the ladies. Even the
words seem to rest uneasily next to one
another on the page. Beer is the drink of
choice for Budweiser-pounding Duck fans
or bearded Northwest microbrew snobs,
while “cocktail” conjures up a girl’s night
out, Carrie Bradshaw and shoe shopping.
Why mix the two?
Turns out the beer cocktail is nothing new. But these
aren’t your dad’s boilermakers (a mixture of whiskey and
beer) or the traditional get-me-wasted-fast on St. Paddy’s
Day blend of Irish stout, Irish cream and Irish whiskey
known as the Irish car bomb. The beer cocktails of today
mix beer with vodka, tequila, gin and … Tabasco Sauce?
Michelada
P H O T O S
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8 THE STATE OF SUDS 2011
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