10 beer cocktails

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Best beer cocktails

IPA and Campari shandy

Make this sophisticated spin on a pub classic by swapping lemonade for Campari. It's flavourful and easy to drink, a lovely late summer/early autumn aperitif.

Lagerita cocktail

This lagerita takes the tequila from a classic margarita and adds beer. Make this quick and easy cocktail recipe for a simple drink this summer.

Chocolate porter flip

We've revived and updated a classic dating back the the 17th century with our recipe for a chocolate porter flip. Serve this hot or cold.

Shandy Murray

An imaginative twist on a classic beer shandy that uses rum, yellow chartreuse and blonde ale for a deliciously thirst-quenching drink.

Mulled beer

Forget cider and wine, mulled beer is the thing to be drinking over winter – our recipe has warming flavours of cinnamon, cloves, star anise and clementine.

Ginger, honey and citrus shandy

Beer gets a zingy kick in this shandy recipe thanks to ginger, lime, orange and lemon juice. Wildflower honey adds a little sweetness.

4 more easy beer cocktails

– Michelada

Fans of a bloody mary will love this easy Mexican cocktail, which is perfect for brunch and summer barbecues. Add a little hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce and lime juice to a glass with a chill-salt rim. Fill with ice and top up with ice-cold light lager and gently stir.

– Beer-Aperol Spritz

Add some ice to a collins glass and pour over 50ml of Aperol. Top up with either a citrussy IPA or Belgian-style wheat beer, stir briefly and garnish with a slice of orange.

– Campari and IPA spritzer

Top a glass of chilled IPA with a little Campari for a drink that is hoppy, bittersweet and refreshing.

– Beer shandy

A classic drink but open to lots of twists – try topping lager with elderflower cordial, IPA with grapefruit soda and pale ale with ginger ale.