Summer is here and it’s time for cookouts and beers. Here are some ideas for snacks and drinks using our beers.

For the grill

• Oberon Beer Brats: use Oberon for the beer and grill (link — Food Network)
• Oarsman Beer Chicken: Cook the chicken on the grill with a can of Oarsman, with thyme, sage, lemon and orange.
• Pooltime cherry glazed ribs (link)

Snacks

• Amber Ale Beer Cheese (link)
• Crispy Oven Baked Oatsmobile Battered Onion Rings (link — from The Beeroness)
• Sriracha Kalamazoo Stout Chex Mix (link)
• Porter Chocolate Cupcakes (link
• Ambe Ale onion rings with sweet chili sauce (link)
• Peanut Butter Kalamazoo Stout cookies (link)

Beer cocktails

• Oberon Beermosa: 25% Champagne, 15% orange juice and 60% Oberon, with a mint leaf and an orange as a garnish. Make sure to not add the OJ last.
• Kalamazoo Peach: 12oz Oberon, 1.5oz peach schnapps and 3 oz OJ.
• Two Hearted Grapefruit Cocktail: 8oz. of Two Hearted and 3oz. of grapefruit juice
• Oarsman Sangria: 2 cups cold orange juice, ½ cup orange flavored liqueur, ¼ cup tequila, 2 oranges, thinly sliced, 6, 12 ounce cans of Bell's Oarsman (or you could replace with Oberon).