Beer Cocktails Part Deux

Awesome forum,

I know there was a thread started on this in Jan/Feb 2011; it did not go anywhere, so I thought I might try a second, with the idea of taking this thing about using beer as a centerpiece in more complex cocktails a bit more seriously.

The last edition of Beer Advocate had this recipe from the Star bar right here in Denver:

Colorado Whiskey Sour

1 oz. Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey
1/2 oz Rocky Mountain Blackberry Whiskey
6 oz New Belgium La Folle, or other flanders style red ale

Well, my version is shown in the pic. My local liquor store was sold out of Stranahan's, so I substituted Black Canyon from Longmont, Colorado. Likewise, they did not have the La Folie, so I substituted a well known version from Belgium.

The total bill for this was $79.

Wow.... incredible. I am into my third one and barely able to type this Delicious!

Anyone else care to share their Beer Cocktails?

Please someone else post up some recipes, this thread has me intrigued.
I'm sorry but I don't have any good recipes that involve liquor.

By the way, enjoy the stranahans. I first tried it at a 24 hr bike race and have been searching for it ever since. Whenever I find I buy a few bottles but once those are gone I have to start the search again.

Much simpler and more common, but I enjoy putting Rogue's Dead Guy whiskey in Dead Guy Ale.

bengerman said:

Much simpler and more common, but I enjoy putting Rogue's Dead Guy whiskey in Dead Guy Ale.

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I really like the bourbon barrel aged brews, and have "cheated" by doing just that. Favorites are 1/2 oz of Red Stag in a variety of stouts, rum in seasonal pumpkin ales, and lemoncelo in wheat beers. Next up, I am going to try to get a good combination of tequila (maybe Maestro Diamond Dobbel) in a good Mexican lager or amber.

If you have great moderately priced and up beeri wouldn't make a cocktail. If I had some cheap sub par brews I'm all for it.

Not putting good whiskey in my coke, not using top shelf gin to make a gin and tonic...it's just a waste!