Cider and Guinness: A Fun Way of Mixing Beers for a Delightful Taste

Cider and Guinness is a mix wherein you combine equal parts of each ingredient. If you’re tired of drinking your beer the same way or trying to level up your beer drinks in a cool, fun and creative way, this post is for you. We will guide you on how to combine cider and Guinness to form a popular and epic cocktail.

How To Mix Cider and Guinness

It is important to note that you mix the drinks in a half-and-half ratio. You’ll need to have cider and Guinness for the beertail. You can substitute an apple-flavored cider with pear cider if you like. Use Guinness stout for much better results.

1. Get a Chilled Beer Glass or Pint Glass From the Fridge.

A chilled glass is suitable because it will keep your drink cold how you like it. Ensure that the glass is enough to accommodate both amounts of drinks.

2. Starting With the Cider, Pour It Half Full Into the Glass.

Ciders go first into the glass because they are denser than Guinness, as they have more sugars. If you decide to start with the Guinness and then cider, the beers will mix and you won’t have the right mixture.

It is also not the right procedure for the cocktail because it forms a different drink. Stick to the right procedure to get the actual cocktail.

3. Top up the Glass With Guinness.

Do not pour it hastily and directly; using the back of a spoon, pour it gently and steadily till full. Ensure that the tip of the spoon touches near the rim of the glass.

You will notice a dark cloud or layer forming.

The Guinness floats on top of cider because it is less dense. If you decide to use draught or any other Guinness beer, it may sink and mix with the cider.

Also, if you do not incorporate the back of the spoon technique, or if you do it wrong, your beers will mix.

Do not stir your beertail. Drink it how it is.

You can add a dash of blackcurrant cordial into your mixture to alter its taste, not in a bad way, though. The drink’s name changes to Snakebite and Black.

The Actual ABV of the Cider and Guinness Cocktail

If you mixed a cider that contains 5% alcohol content and a Guinness with a similar percentage of alcohol, the resulting mixture would have 5% ABV since the beers are mixed in halves in a ratio of 1:1.

Comparisons to a Snakebite Cocktail

This cocktail is quite similar to the Black Velvet cocktail. The only difference is that you use champagne (sparkling wine) in Black Velvet in place of cider.

Another slightly similar cocktail is the Black and Tan beer. Here, the difference comes in through using pale ale instead of cider.

The resulting cocktails also have different shades compared to the Guinness and cider mixture.

Thus, the unifying factor is a stout beer, Guinness.

Cider is usually a sweet beer. Some people feel they contain too many sugars for them to consume as much as they would love to. Guinness does not have as many sugars. Mixing the cider and Guinness is an ideal way to reduce their sugar intake levels. This enables them to drink more.

How to Make Various Cocktails Using Cider and Guinness

– Guinness Martini

Ensure you have the following ingredients:

• Ice cubes
• 50 ml dark rum
• 25 ml cold espresso coffee
• 25 ml vodka
• 25 ml Crème de cacao
• 100 ml Guinness

Take a handful of ice and put it in a mixing glass. Add all the dark rum and then cold espresso coffee into the glass. Add the vodka, Crème de cacao and Guinness. Stir the mixture until it is cold enough and pour into two martini glasses.

– Guinness Black Russian

These are the ingredients you need to make Guinness Black Russian:

• 25 ml of coffee liqueur
• 100 ml cola
• 25 ml vodka
• 2-3 ice cubes
• 100 ml Guinness

Put 25 ml of Tia Maria, the cola, and vodka in a tall glass. Your glass must have ice cubes. Stir the mixture and top it up with Guinness. Don’t forget to garnish your cocktail using a lime wedge before serving.

– Mulled Guinness

The ingredients are:

• Blended apple juice
• One cinnamon stick
• One star anise
• 440 ml Guinness
• 1 tbsp honey

Combine the blended apple juice, cinnamon stick, star anise and Guinness in a large saucepan and heat it over low to medium heat. When it simmers, add a tablespoon of honey and stir.

Remove the pan from the heat and sieve the spices. Serve the drink while hot.

– Dean Swift

Here is what you’ll need:

• 1 oz Johnnie Walker whisky
• 1 tsp Dram liqueur
• 1 oz Claret or Bordeaux style wine
• 0.25 oz Demerara syrup
• 2 oz Guinness

Put all ingredients in a saucepan apart from the whisky. Subject the mixture to medium heat. Once it starts to warm up, remove from heat and pour it into a glass. Add the whisky. Garnish your drink with nicely grated nutmeg.

– St. James Flip

You will need:

• 1 oz black strap rum
• 0.5 oz sweetened condensed milk
• ½ fresh egg
• 1.5 oz Guinness
• Ice cubes

Put all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. First, shake them without ice, then add 2-3 cubes of ice and continue to shake. Strain the cocktail into a glass. Afterward, garnish it with grated nutmeg.

– Apple Cider Mimosa

The ingredients include:

• Granulated sugar
• Pumpkin spice seasoning
• Chilled Prosecco or Champagne
• Chilled cider

Mix the sugar and pumpkin spice seasoning. Combine the Prosecco and cider and mix them well with the sugar and pumpkin spice seasoning in a mixing glass.

Serve the mixture in a chilled champagne flute with a sugar rim. Garnish your cocktail with a slice of apple.

– Voyager

You will need the following ingredients:

• 0.5 oz Averna amaro
• 0.5 oz lemon juice
• 1.5 oz Dewars White Label scotch
• 0.5 oz ginger syrup
• 3 oz fresh cider

Put all these ingredients in a glass with ice and stir. Garnish your cocktail with mint leaves.

– Hot Apple and Orange Toddy

The ingredients include:

• 0.5 oz blood orange puree
• 1 oz tequila Cazadores Reposado
• 0.5 oz hot water
• Two star anise pods
• Cider to taste

Mix the cider, blood orange puree, and the hot water very well in a mug. Add the tequila Cazadores and anise pods and serve. Use an orange peel to garnish.

– Apple Dumpling

Apple Dumpling ingredients include:

• 2 oz hard cider
• 0.5 oz simple syrup
• 15 oz Woodford Reserve Bourbon
• A dash of Peychaud’s bitters
• Ice cubes

Have a cocktail shaker to mix all the ingredients. Put some ice cubes in the shaker. Add the cider, simple syrup, bourbon, and bitters. Shake well and strain over an ice sphere into a glass. Use amarena cherries to garnish.

– Icelandic Mule

The ingredients for this cocktail are:

• 1 oz ginger beer
• 2 oz Reyka vodka
• 0.25 oz simple syrup
• 2 oz cider

Put the vodka, cider, and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously and strain the mixture twice. Pour the final mixture into a mule cup. Add ginger beer and garnish using cinnamon sticks and an apple slice before serving.

FAQs

– What Is the Difference Between a Black and Brown and a Half and Half?

A black and brown cocktail consists of lager, preferably a bass, topped with Guinness or any other darker shade of beer. A half and half consists of two beers mixed in a 1:1 ratio of halves each.

– How Do You Make a Prince Albert Cocktail?

Put 50 ml of champagne in a champagne flute and top up with 50 ml of Guinness beer. You can have oysters and cocktail rye bread as your accompaniments for the drink.

– Can Cider Give One a Hangover?

Cider rarely gives someone a hangover. Either way, it usually depends on the percentage of alcohol in a cider and the number of drinks that you have had.

– What Is a Combination of Bluemoon and Guinness Called?

It is called Black and Blue. It includes a New Belgium 1554 Black lager mixed with Bluemoon. The mixture is then topped with Guinness.

– What Is a Purple Guinness?

It is a cocktail that combines 440 ml Guinness and 50 ml blackcurrant soft drink.

– What Is Guinness and Tia Maria Called?

A Dublin milkshake. Add a shot of Tia Maria into a glass of Guinness and enjoy your cocktail.

Conclusion

The above article has enlightened us on various things to do with cider beers and Guinness. Here’s a short summary of what has been addressed above:

• The resulting cocktail from a combination of Guinness and cider is a Snake bite and it has an alcohol percentage of 5 ABV
• The step by step guide to making a snake bite cocktail
• Black Velvet and Black and Tan are cocktails that are somewhat similar to Guinness and cider mixture
• You can now understand and differentiate different beer mixtures
• You can now make several cocktails using cider beer and Guinness beer

Consider exploring new beverage combinations and compose various impeccably-tasting cocktail drinks using the above information. You can even create something special for your friends and family during important events such as St. Patrick’s Day and other family functions.