If you know me or you've read this blog regularly, you probably have picked up that I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to my drinks. I'm not against cocktails but I like to strip things down before immediately mixing ingredients. Beer is something that I've never thought to mix, other than the half & half/black & tan. In the past couple of years, however, I've noticed a trend in beer cocktails, mixing multiple styles of beer or beer with certain liquors. I'm OK with having any kind of beer on its own, but eventually my curiosity caught up to me and I decided to try one out...I went with a dessert style mix: Young's Double Chocolate Stout with a Framboise, particularly, Lindeman's Framboise, a raspberry flavored lambic, two beers that are great on their own. When mixed together, as you can imagine, the result is like a raspberry chocolate bar. I mixed roughly 75% chocolate stout to 25% framboise, but I think if I made it again, I would increase the portion of chocolate stout because the raspberry flavor is strong. Nonetheless, it's pretty delicious and I'd take it over a slice of raspberry chocolate cake any day.
If anyone has tried any other types of beer cocktails or has any suggestions, please let me know.
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