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Toronto Craft Beer Bonanza 2014: Taming of the Brew

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Toronto Craft Beer Bonanza 2014: Taming of the Brew
(Images: Cocktails by Vicky Lam; Saye by Luis Mora)

As temperatures rise, look to beer cocktails for light, low-alcohol refreshment

Toronto Craft Beer Bonanza 2014: Taming of the Brew
(Images: Cocktails by Vicky Lam; Saye by Luis Mora)

Beer cocktails used to mean whiskey-and-lager boilermakers. But bartenders these days are concocting amazing drinks with sweet juices, syrups, spirits and suds. Veronica Saye of South Riverdale’s County Cocktail has three favourites ideal for long, lazy afternoons.

Toronto Craft Beer Bonanza 2014: Taming of the Brew
Saison’s Greetings

1½ oz. Dillon’s Unfiltered Gin 22 1½ oz. lemon grass–infused simple syrup* ¾ oz. fresh lemon juice Bellwoods Brewery Farmhouse Classic

Shake all ingredients except beer with ice. Double strain into a tulip glass filled with ice. Top with Bellwoods and garnish with a cucumber wheel.

Toronto Craft Beer Bonanza 2014: Taming of the Brew
The Island of Lanai

1½ oz. El Dorado 5 Year Old rum 1½ oz. pineapple juice 1 oz. raspberry-infused simple syrup* ½ oz. fresh lime juice Spearhead Hawaiian Style Pale Ale

Shake all ingredients except beer with ice and double strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Top with Spearhead and garnish with a mint sprig.

Toronto Craft Beer Bonanza 2014: Taming of the Brew
Peachy Keen

1½ oz. Wild Turkey 81 bourbon 1 oz. rosemary-infused simple syrup* ¾ oz. fresh lemon juice 6 slices fresh peach Side Launch Wheat

Muddle the peach and rosemary syrup in a shaker. Add the bourbon and lemon juice, shake with ice and double strain into a pilsner glass filled with ice. Top with Side Launch and garnish with rosemary.

*To make infused simple syrup, bring one part sugar and one part water to a boil, then add flavouring (lemon grass, raspberries, rosemary). Simmer for five minutes and strain.

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