Brewsday Tuesday: Finding beer at Tales of the Cocktail
 

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Beyond the shandy (beer and lemonade) and michelada (beer mixed with lime juice and hot sauce/peppers), more and more cocktail professionals and mixologists have been using beer as an important flavor and texture component in their work. Although this year?s Tales of the Cocktail event, held July 17-21 and headquartered at the Hotel Monteleone, didn?t have any beer cocktail seminars or beer-focused ?Spirited Dinners,? I was able to find a few events that quietly featured the ever-increasing role that beer plays in the craft cocktail world.

In fact, the official 2013 Tales of the Cocktail drink includes beer as a central ingredient.? [ Read more ]

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