LIFE IS BREWTIFUL

MAKE BEER INTERESTING AND NOT JUST TO QUENCH YOUR THIRST OUT OF A BOTTLE. TRY THESE EASY TO PUT TOGETHER RECIPES AT HOME

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SCORCHING HEAT AND UNENDING THIRST, unbearable summers are here. And though we enjoy a peg (or two; okay four!) of whisky, chilled beer is something that is inevitable on those Sunday brunches and cookouts. We decided to take things up a notch and mix it up. JUST URBANE curated the best recipes from India’s finest beer craftsmen. Drink up!

GREEN COOLER

Recipe by: Navin Patrick, Managing Partner, Tehelka, Pune

INGREDIENTS

30 ml vodka
2 gms green apple chunks
15 ml sweet and sour
5-6 mint leaves
250 ml draught beer

METHOD

Cut the apples into cubes.
Mix and shake vodka and sweet and sour lime together.
Add apple chunks and mint to it.
Top it up with a draught beer.

APPLE GIN GIMLET

Recipe by: White Owl, India

INGREDIENTS

1 gm green apple chunks
1 gm red apple chunks
30 ml gin
4 drops of Tabasco sauce
15 ml sweet lime
250 ml White Owl Spark

METHOD

Cut the apples into
cubes and mix together.
Mix and shake gin and sweet lime.
Add tabasco sauce to it.
Now add the apples to this mixture and stir with a wooden ladle.
Add White Owl Spark to it which has fresh citrusy flavours.

BREWER’S DELIGHT (BRAVO)

Recipe by: Chef Ishijyot Surri, Executive Chef Copper Parrot Restaurant & Bar, Mumbai

INGREDIENTS

30 ml vodka
10 ml lime juice
15 ml sugar syrup
1 pint of beer

METHOD

Add lime juice and sugar syrup together
Add vodka and ice cubes to it.
Shake it vigorously.
Top it with a pint of beer.

TWO LOST SOULS SWIMMING IN A FISH BOWL

Recipe by: Nilesh Patel, Beverage head at Social

INGREDIENTS

60 ml tequila
25 ml lime juice
25 ml triple sec
A bottle of beer of your choice

METHOD

Shake tequila, lime juice and triple sec in a cocktail shaker.
Serve the mixture over ice with a chilled beer placed upside down in a fishbowl container.