Die hard beer fans may never be persuaded to taint their beer with tablespoons of fresh strawberry or raspberry lemonade, but then again change could be good if not interesting to say the least.

Raspberry Beer Cocktail
3/4 cup Fresh Raspberries*
3-1/2 – 12-ounce Bottles Beer, chilled
12 ounces Frozen Raspberry Lemonade Concentrate, thawed
1/2 cup Vodka
Muddle raspberries in bottom of pitcher. Top with beer, thawed raspberry lemonade and vodka. Stir. Serve in rocks glasses over fresh ice. *3/4 cup thawed frozen raspberries can be substituted for fresh if needed.
Strawberry Panache
12 ounces Light Beer
2 tablespoons Fresh Strawberries – diced
Lemon Lime Soda
Fill chilled pilsner glass three quarter full with beer. Add diced strawberries. Top with lemon lime soda. Stir. Cocktail by Fleur de Sel, 5 East 20th Street, New York
Beer Sangria – created by Roger Kugler, Boqueria
6 ounces Brooklyn Lager
2 ounces Fresh Lemon Juice
2 ounces Pear Puree
2 ounces Triple Sec
Place all ingredients in mixing tin. Stir slowly to mix, but not flatten beer. Pour into pint glass filled half with fresh ice. Garnish with seasonal fruits.
Cheri Loughlin is a leading cocktail and photography resource for beverage companies, event planners, businesses and individuals. High resolution cocktail and beverage stock photography images are available in downloadable digital format in the newly redesigned Stock Photography Gallery at www.cheriloughlin.com.
Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon – str8upcocktails @ gmail.com – ©2011 Cheri Loughlin-The Intoxicologist, All Rights Reserved. All opinions, reviews and spirits’ coverage are the personal opinion and decision of Cheri Loughlin.








