This month's Mixology Monday theme is Beer Cocktails and this month's host is Frederic at Cocktail Virgin Slut. Mixology Monday is a monthly online cocktail party showcasing great recipes, writers, mixologists and booze blogs. Check out the Mixology Monday homepage for all the details.
Using Frederic's guidelines and suggestions, I've decided to try a Champagne cocktail for this month's MxMo, substituting beer for the sparkling wine. I love Champagne and cocktails featuring sparkling wine so this seemed like a good idea.
I decided that my base would be a classic, pre-Prohibition Champagne cocktail named the Seelbach, the recipe for which had been lost for many years before being rediscovered. It's a very tasty, sturdy drink that can sneak up on you if you have too many.
The Beerbach cocktail.
I used a simple lager for the following drink and somewhat surprisingly, it worked well. I think a heavier beer might have fought off the other flavours, although if anyone wants to give it a go and let me know the results, I'd be interested.
Oh yeah, if you love bitters, this is definitely a drink for you.
Beerbach Cocktail
Ingredients:
3/4 oz bourbon
1/2 oz Cointreau or triple ec
7 dashes Angostura bitters
7 dashes Peychaud's bitters
Beer
Preparation:
Build drink in a Champagne flute in the order given. Garnish with an orange twist.
For more info on the classic Seelbach Cocktail, check out the video from Robert Hess below. Cheers!
