Yes, Beersicles Are a Thing and You *Need* Them for Memorial Day

It was only a matter of time before your beloved poptails had to take a backseat to something fresh and exciting. Beersicles (that’s beer ice pops) are the newest kind of spiked popsicle to grace your Pinterest feed and are about to become an essential to your Memorial Day party. Are you a shandy kind of girl? Try grapefruit and IPA combination. Corona and lime your jam? Go for it! The boozy possibilities are endless. Take some inspirations from the recipes below and then let your imagination run wild.

Lemon-Grapefruit Shandy Popsicles

Get ready to pucker up with these tart and hoppy pops. Use both lemon and grapefruit with a light ale to give a more refined essence. (via POPSUGAR Food)

Coffee and Cream Stout Beersicles

If a richer and more nuanced flavor profile is what you’re looking for, then these creamy coffee and stout pops will be right up your alley. Try mixing a couple different combinations of the ingredients to give them an effortless layered look. (via The Gastronom)

Berry-Beer Popsicles

Use your favorite fruity beer or even a hard lemonade to get the desired boozy effect. (via The Floating Kitchen)

Cherry Wheat Beer Popsicles

For these beer-infused pops, try a cherry wheat beer like Sam Adam’s to mirror the taste of whole cherries and sweet honey. (via Sweet Remedy)

Cherry Lambic and Cream Popsicle

Cherry lambic is a beer that’s fermented with sour cherries and has a piquant pucker that rivals them all. Balance that intensity with heavy cream and fresh cherries for an afternoon snack that you’ll crave on the regular. (via A Cozy Kitchen)

Chocolate Stout Cheesecake Fudgesicle

These certainly aren’t the Fudgesicles of your childhood. The luxurious cheesecake pops above are spiked with stout and filled with dark chocolate, cream cheese, and a generous graham cracker sprinkle. (via The Beeroness)

Corona Beer Popsicles

There’s no messing around with unnecessary ingredients in this recipe. Simply pop open a Corona and pour it into your popsicle mold to create a quick and refreshing poolside treat. (via Bakers Royale)

Cucumber Ginger Gin Popsicles

Invigorate your senses with these zesty ginger beersicles. The cooling combo of pureed cucumber and lime goes perfectly with herbaceous gin and spicy ginger beer. (via Shutterbean)

Dark and Stormy Popsicles

If a dark and stormy is your go-to beertail, you’re probably already saving this one to your Pinterest board to make ASAP. Good call! (via Brooklyn Supper)

Grapefruit Shandy Beersicles

Just when you think you have nothing in the house to make popsicles, you find that last bottle of craft beer and grapefruit juice. (via Rhubarbarians)

Petit Saison and Raspberry Beersicles

Your Memorial Day weekend just won’t be the same without a cooler full of adult beverage popsicles. All you need to recreate these bad boys are honey, fresh raspberries, and a Saison. (via Drink Up Columbus)

Sunrise Over Moscow Mule and Popsicle

Why just have a Moscow mule when you could have a matching popsicle to go alongside it? Whether you enjoy the two together or on their own, you’re in for a surprise that’ll put a little hair on your chest. (via The GastroNom)