We asked our in-house mixologists to use their not-insignificant time cooped up at home this fall to create some custom holiday cocktails with a Surly beer base. They came through in a big way. Here are four drinks that will deck the halls with boughs of holly, metaphorically:

• Supreme Margarita 
  • Ingredients
    • 1.5 oz. silver or blanco tequila (we used Tres Agaves Blanco)
    • 1 sugar cube
    • ½ oz. lime juice
    • Pinch of salt (to taste)
    • 4 oz. Grapefruit Supreme
  • Pour in glass over ice.

 

• Rocket Man
  • Ingredients
    • 1 oz. Whole Leaf Gin
    • 1 oz. lemon juice
    • 1 oz. simple syrup
    • Rocket Surgery Hazy Ale
  • Shake with ice, pour over ice into rocks glass.
  • Top with 4-5 oz. of Rocket Surgery Hazy Ale.

 

• Hell’s Banquet 
  • Ingredients
    • 2 ounces bourbon
    • 3/4 ounces maple syrup
    • 1/2 ounces fresh lemon juice
    • 5 ounces Hell lager, cold
    • Orange wheel for garnish
  • Add the bourbon, maple syrup and lemon juice to a rocks glass and stir.
  • Add ice cubes, top with lager, and stir gently to combine.
  • Garnish with an orange wheel.

 

• The Fury of the Storm 
  • Ingredients
    • 12 oz. ginger beer (very cold)
    • 12 oz. Furious IPA (also very cold)
    • 3 oz dark rum
    • Juice of half a lime
    • Lime slices for garnish
    • Ice cubes
  • Set up two high ball glasses and place 3-4 ice cubes in each.
  • Pour the ginger beer, dividing it equally between the two glasses.
  • Pour the IPA, dividing it equally between the two glasses.
  • In a cocktail shaker filled with ice pour 1.5 oz of the rum and half of the lime juice and shake 4-5 times to chill.
  • Strain/pour over one of the glasses and stir well. Garnish with lime.
  • Repeat the last step for the second cocktail.