Easy Drinking Cocktails with Craft Beer

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! 

Summer Shandy

Refreshing wheat beer and sparkling soda come together for one of the best beer mixed drinks of summer (and beyond). Learn more about it.

Farmhouse Shandy

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. Read more.

Radler

The quintessential summer mix of Bavaria. Ultra refreshing sparkling lemonade joins the bright, herbal notes of Bavarian Pilsner. Read more.

Juicy IPA Pineapple Slushie

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). Read more.

IPA Mango Slushie

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. Read more.

Beermosa

Non-bitter ale or lager with a bit of OJ. We like to pick a dry, fruit forward beer. Click below for suggestions. Learn more.

Tequila (Mexican) Mule

Must use real ginger beer, not a corn syrup based option! Adjust the tequila quantity to as low as you want to go. Read more.

Sorbet Gose Margarita

Another delightful poolside sipper. Refreshingly tart gose ale over ice cold fruit sorbet. Skip the tequila for an ultra low alcohol cocktail. Learn more.

IPA Grapefruit Shandy

For fans of grapefruit this is the perfect alternative to Paloma. Less sweet and lower on alcohol, just as refreshing. Learn more.

White Ale Sangria

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. Learn more.

Mexican Chelada

Refreshingly tart beer and lime cocktail with salt that also happens to be effective in countering hangovers. Learn more.

Michelada

Spicy, intensely flavored, refreshing Michelada. Authentic recipe. Learn more.

Clamato Beer

Authentic Clamato beer aka Michelada with Clamato juice. Spicy cocktail shrimp skewer very desirable. Read more.

Snakebite

Hard cider and lager or hard cider and dry Irish stout. Read more.

Peach Ale Bellini

Delectable cocktail with fresh peaches, a bit of peach ale and a bit of prosecco. Read more.

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