Beer Cocktails for the Win
IT’S WIDELY EXPECTED that pouring a beer over ice and serving it to someone will at the very least get you the side-eye and at worst, a beer dumped over your head. But add a dash of hot sauce and a squeeze of lime to that ice-filled glass? Now we’re talking. That’s no mere beer—that’s a cocktail. And for me, a spritzy, subtly bitter beer cocktail signifies that summer’s here. You could make one with your hazy, super-hoppy imperial IPA, but … nah. Go simple. The Champagne of Beers, for example, Miller High Life, is a perfect beer-cocktail base. (Though admittedly, any good pilsner or lager will do.) While classic beer cocktails like a michelada or a shandy can handle more potent brews, at its modest 4.6% ABV, beers like…