Beer itself is a valuable and useful drink, all a matter of dosage. However, based cocktails foamy beer became popular with an ulterior motive: democratic and world's most popular alcoholic drink is available to any consumer. Bold bartending experiments have led to the fact that in different countries, beer is mixed with anything: a vodka tonic, rum, gin, syrup, even with milk and yogurt. The combination often leads to incongruous easily predictable results, which only care about that extreme, they drink these drinks are not for profit, but for the impressions and emotions.

Cocktails and their stories

The inner essence of any cocktail consists in mixing different ingredients, with the exact number of components specified is not accepted, it is enough to note the proportions in the recipe. On the history of the origin of cocktails is so little known that these have become overgrown with legends and speculations, handed down by word of mouth, many facts were distorted and turned into stories.

The first beer cocktails become confused Americans to elevate the taste rezkovat beverages during Prohibition - to disguise the alcohol. Origin of the name "cocktail" has several versions of the exotic, the most popular associated with cockfighting, is not in vain in English the word «cock tail» means "rooster tail". However, a real legend is connected with another transfer - «cock tailings», which means "the remains of a cork."

Beer cocktails: a palette of flavors

On the basis of beer may be mixed a lot of variety of cocktails - from distinct alcohol to the weak, "female" and even "children." The most famous beer cocktail, of course, "Ruff." No need to be a bartender to know such a common recipe: In a large glass poured a glass of vodka, a glass of light beer and a teaspoon of lemon juice. The ratio of vodka and beer 1: 2. Experts say that this is the most common drink recipe when you need to quickly get drunk. If the purpose of a quick victory cold, cook cocktail "Devil": a glass of light beer, 10 ml of strong rum, a pinch of salt and black pepper. When submitting a guest with a glass of vigorous cocktail decorated lemon slice, sprinkle with ground coffee.

When the ratio of vodka, honey The benefits of honey: tasty recovery   and beer in a ratio of 2: 1: 7, it turns cocktail "Russian" drink sweet, pleasant taste, served well chilled with crushed ice shavings. From the dark beer is prepared spicy drink for strong temperament with a characteristic called "Purgatory": 450 ml of beer, 50 ml of rum, a tablespoon of sugar, salt and ground red cayenne pepper. The mixture was carefully poured into a glass and add lemon or lime. Very close to the idea of ​​cocktail recipes from the cold, but the dark beer, sugar and red pepper give the drink a completely different flavor notes.

For gentle and creative mind offered unusual cocktails with ice cream in a ratio of 2: 1 to 0, 5 liters of beer 250-300 grams of butter or vanilla ice cream - the best recipe in the heat of the day, when you need to cool down quickly, with as little as possible to get alcohol . For those who like bold experiments, invented a cocktail "I Love Trouble": one of the lager must take five parts of cold milk. Philosophers have argued that the failure - is the path to success, a cocktail mood for reflection, since it is up to its name.

Jeanne Pyatirikova

Related Articles

Fruit cocktail: a useful refreshing dessert

Smoothies: delicious alternative to high-calorie dishes

Shaker: shake and mix

Milkshake: a delicious dessert or snack full