Beer cocktails are nothing new. Beer has been used as a cocktail ingredient for many many years. The 'Flip' - a heated mix of beer, rum and sugar that was drunk around the1690s and the 'Boilermaker' - a beer and whisky chaser drank by metal craftsmen working on North American steam locomotives.
The craft beer boom of recent years along with the ever popular cocktail list, has thrown beer cocktails back into the limelight, as mixologists from all over the world play around with a wider variety of hop and malt flavours than ever before available.
We gave the mixologists at one of our favourite cocktail bars a selection of the beers we import and then went down one afternoon to talk beer cocktails with them and see what they came up with. And what a fun afternoon it was! This formed the basis of the Heathwick 'Inspired Cocktails' suggestions and we're always adding to it - let us know if you have a great recipe and we'd love to feature it!
Beer for Breakfast
100ml Fordham Gypsy Lager
37.5ml Tincup Whiskey
12.5ml plum & cinnamon cordial - optional
1 bar spoon of marmalade
25ml lemon juice
1 egg white
Shake all ingredients over ice, except for the lager. Strain into a tall glass and top with Gypsy Lager. Garnish with orange peel.
Created by Chris Hart, mixologist at Above Audio, Brighton (made for us by Sam Sidgwick, above)
Fordham Flip
100ml Fordham Copperhead Ale
37.5ml bourbon
15ml lemon juice
1 egg
2 bar spoons of sugar (icing sugar works well)
Whisk the egg and sugar (shake with springs from a Hawthorn stirrer). Heat the bourbon, Copperhead Ale and lemon juice in a metal jug – use a coffee steaming wand. Carefully fold the foamed egg into the warm ale and bourbon. Serve in a tall glass and sprinkle cinnamon/nutmeg on top.
Created by Sam Sidgwick, freelance mixologist
Pisco Beach Sour
50ml Saugatuck Oval Beach Blonde
25ml pisco
25ml lemon juice
10ml gomme
Stir on ice and serve with an orange twist
Created by Sam Sidgwick, freelance mixologist.
Chased by a Burleigh White Lady
50ml Dominion Candi Tripel Belgian Ale
35ml Burleighs London Dry Gin
20ml Elderflower liqueur
10ml Krupnik
3 squeezes of lime juice
1 egg white
Shake all ingredients (except the beer) and top with Dominion Candi Tripel Belgian Ale.
Created by Andy Clarke, Bar Manager at The City Barge, Chiswick.
Oak Barrel Martini
50ml Dominion Oak Barrel Stout
30ml vodka
25ml coffee liqueur
Shake over ice and strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with 3 coffee beans
Created by Sam Sidgwick, freelance mixologist.
You can download these beer cocktail recipes here