Even though Boilermakers are enjoying a current fad, cocktails that unite beer and spirits are not a modern invention. According to Esquire’s resident cocktail historian, David Wondrich, a recipe for ...

The boilermaker, essentially a shot and a beer, might seem too simplistic to be called a cocktail. But the drink has a history, and might even be on its second revival. In the 1800s, Europeans ...

The boilermaker is god’s perfect drink in that it is actually two drinks: a shot of liquor (usually whiskey) and a beer. (To be clear, we are talking about the shot and chaser version of a boilermaker ...