National Beer Day Recipes

National Beer Day is celebrated annually on April 7, but do you know why? The holiday marks the day the Cullen–Harrison Act was passed in 1933, legalizing the sale of some beer (up to 3.2% alcohol by weight). A full repeal of Prohibition would come on December 5, 1933, but this marked one of the first steps in the process.

To celebrate the third most popular beverage after water and tea, we've rounded up some beer cocktails for you to add to your menus alongside your draft and bottles/cans lists. 

One Bourbon, One Spice, One Beer.

Ingredients:

1.5oz Bulleit Bourbon
1.0oz Pineapple Juice
.50oz Lemon Juice
.50oz Allspice Dram
Float with Wild Heaven Smiling Eyes Irish Stout

Directions:

1. Pour bourbon, juices, and allspice dram into a cocktail shaker over ice.
2. Shake, strain + pour into glass with fresh ice.
3. Top with stout.
4. Garnish with Luxardo cherry and serve!

Chili-Lada

Ingredients

7 oz. lager beer

1/2 oz. fresh lime juice

3/4 oz. Monin Habanero Concentrated Flavor

Directions:

1. Combine ingredients in a chilled glass and stir.
2. Add ice if desired.
3. Garnish.

D-Zert

By Brandon Pinkins; Brandon the Bartender

Ingredients:

1 oz Banana-infused maple syrup**

2 drops Peppermint extract

Bravus Peanut Butter Dark

Dairy-free coconut whip cream

Cinnamon

Dehydrated banana chip

2 oz NA Baileys:

¼ cup almond milk

¼ cup dairy free heavy cream

2 tbsp chocolate syrup

2 tsp espresso powder

¼ tsp vanilla extract

Dash almond extract

Directions:

For the NA Baileys:

1. Add the milk, cream, chocolate syrup, espresso, vanilla extract, and almond extract to a mixing bowl and mix until all ingredients are combined.
2. If you find it is not sweet enough, add sugar until desired taste.

For the Banana-Infused Maple Syrup:

1. Use 1:1 maple syrup and water on a stove top(measured by weight).
2. Combine the ingredients, add slices of fresh bananas and cook them in.
3. After about 5 minutes, use a fine mesh strainer to strain out the syrup.

For the cocktail:

1. Add 2 oz NA Baileys, 1 oz banana infused maple syrup, 2 drops peppermint extract to a cocktail shaker and shake for about 10 seconds.
2. Double strain into a small Rocks Glass or a coupe.
3. Top with Bravus Peanut Butter Dark.
4. Finish with a dollop of dairy-free coconut whip cream, cinnamon dust and garnish with a dehydrated banana chip.

Wild Blackberry Shandy

Ingredients:

3/4 oz. Monin Wild Blackberry Syrup

3 oz. lemonade

4 oz. lager beer

Garnish: Blackberries, Lemon slice

Directions:

1. Fill serving glass full of ice.
2. Pour ingredients into serving glass in order listed.
3. Pour mixture into mixing tin and back into serving glass to mix.
4. Add garnish and serve.

Whiskey Wheat & Honey Heat

Recipe by Ben Sauls, bartender, Temperance Be Damned Cocktails, Seattle, WA

2 oz Copperworks American Single Malt Whiskey
.75 oz Hot honey syrup*
.5 oz Fresh lemon
2 oz Lost Coast Brewery's Tangerine Wheat Beer
5 drops 20% saline solution
Hot honey syrup

• Hot honey
• Water
• 1/4 part ginger juice

Directions:

For the hot honey syrup:

1. Equal parts of your favorite hot honey and water, with roughly 1/4 parts ginger juice (to your taste/spice level)
2. Warm gently to incorporate
3. Chill for preparation

For the cocktail:

1. Add whiskey, syrup, fresh lemon, and saline solution if using, to a shaker.
2. Top with ice, shake vigorously for ~20 seconds, double strain into a coupe, and top with the Tangerine Wheat Beer.

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