You Can Drink Beer On The Rocks, But Use These Types Only

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You Can Drink Beer On The Rocks, But Use These Types Only By Jonathan Kesh Dec. 11, 2025 2:00 pm EST

If you want to make your bartender raise an eyebrow, try asking for beer on the rocks. A beer with ice is an odd request, to be sure, and plenty of craft beer aficionados scoff at the idea of even chilling a beer in a cold glass. However, that's a beer myth you can ignore , at least with certain types of beer and plenty of those same beers taste great when poured over ice. To find out which beers are best served on the rocks, we spoke to Chris Cusack, the owner of Betelgeuse Betelgeuse in Houston, Texas as well as a certified level one sommelier and level one cicerone (a beer sommelier).

As a Texan, Cusack's mind went straight to the Mexican lagers used in michel