Light, low alcohol cocktails are perfect for when you want to spend the day relaxing with a drink in hand but never get to the point where you feel tipsy.
We handpicked the day drinking cocktail recipes below to help you do just that. Mixing them is easy courtesy of the amazing craft beer options on the market today – you won’t need rare bitters or other hard to find cocktail ingredients.
Enjoy the refreshing flavors!
Light, Low Alcohol Cocktails
Refreshing wheat beer and sparkling soda come together for one of the best beer mixed drinks of summer (and beyond).
Saison, the fruity and spicy farmhouse ale of Belgium, is mixed with the sparkling soda of your choice. Here shown with blood orange. Absolutely refreshing and very customizable.
The quintessential summer mix of Bavaria. Ultra refreshing sparkling lemonade joins the bright, herbal notes of Bavarian Pilsner.
Cold, fragrant, flavorful but not too sweet. The magic of hazy, juicy IPAs is blended with the tropical delights of fresh pineapple (a pineapple juice option is included).
Grab your favorite dank IPA and blend it with fresh mango and ice for a drink that is perfect to sip on poolside. Don't hesitate to go for a super flavorful Imperial IPA - the cocktail will be quite low in alcohol once mixed.
Non-bitter ale or lager with a bit of OJ. We like to pick a dry, fruit forward beer. Click below for suggestions.
Must use real ginger beer, not a corn syrup based option! Adjust the tequila quantity to as low as you want to go.
Another delightful poolside sipper. Refreshingly tart gose ale over ice cold fruit sorbet. Skip the tequila for an ultra low alcohol cocktail.
For fans of grapefruit this is the perfect alternative to Paloma. Less sweet and lower on alcohol, just as refreshing.
White sangria with wheat ale or white IPA. Or white wine if you must. Go easy on the white rum (or skip it altogether) and mix a refreshing pitcher you can enjoy throughout the day.
Refreshingly tart beer and lime cocktail with salt that also happens to be effective in countering hangovers.
Spicy, intensely flavored, refreshing Michelada. Authentic recipe.
Authentic Clamato beer aka Michelada with Clamato juice. Spicy cocktail shrimp skewer very desirable.
Hard cider and lager or hard cider and dry Irish stout.
Delectable cocktail with fresh peaches, a bit of peach ale and a bit of prosecco.
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Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says
Now I’m so thirsty! That sorbet margarita has my name all over it; it looks SO refreshing and yummy!
CraftBeering says
Thank you, Kelsie and cheers!