Cocktail ideas

"One of my favorite cocktails is the Greyhound, which is very simple and refreshing and made with vodka and grapefruit juice," said Martyna Krowicka, chef de cuisine of Restaurant Latour at Crystal Spring Resort in Sussex County, New Jersey. "Being a beer cocktail lover, I took it a few steps further adding elderflower cordial and vodka distilled from sugar beets (what Polish girl doesn't like that?) and topped it with a grapefruit wheat beer.” Krowicka's Elderhound contains Schofferhofer Grapefruit wheat beer, Orange County Distillery sugar beet vodka, elderflower cordial, orange liquor, Angostura bitters, and grapefruit zest.

At Dos Equis' "Coveted Collection Estate Auction Tour" event, which took place earlier this month at 632 on Hudson in New York, the beer company mixed up its brews into cocktails, including the "Dos Sidra" with Dos Equis lager, Strongbow Hard Cider, and raspberry liqueur; the "Dos-A-Stormy" with Dos Equis Ambar beer, rum, ginger ale, ginger beer, and blue agave nectar; and the "Dos-Arita" with Dos Equis lager, tequila, triple sec, and sour mix.

Israeli restaurant Timna, located in Manhattan’s East Village, offers an exotic twist on the classic Mexican cerveza cocktail with Stiegl Goldbräu lager, house-made harissa, preserved lemon, and smoked paprika salt on the rim.

Timna also serves the Avenue A Express with house-made IPA simple syrup, coriander-infused Cocchi Americano (an aperitif wine), lime, and muddled juniper berries, which provide a gin-like essence to the drink.

At Blatt Beer & Table's recently opened Preston Hollow Village location in Dallas, diners can sip on a traditional Bloody Mary amped up with Guinness.

For a boozy dessert, Syndicated, a restaurant, bar, and independent movie theater in Bushwick, Brooklyn, serves the Beer Float, which blends Keegan Mother’s Milk Stout with chocolate ice cream and caramel sauce, and is topped with whipped cream.