Enticing craft beer drinkers to try cocktails is a challenge due to their preference for hop-forward, less sweet flavors, but Holy City Brewing and Tip Top Proper Cocktails joined forces to create CosmoALE, a crisp blonde ale inspired by the classic Cosmopolitan.

For years, cocktail lovers have been sipping Tip Top Proper Cocktails’ take on the classic and colorful serve made with vodka, lime, cranberry and orange liqueur. Brewed with tart cranberry and citrus as part of the collaborative Kindred Spirits series, CosmoALE gleans from Tip Top’s rendition and appeals to a new audience.

The rise of cocktail-inspired beers and, at the same time, beer-inspired cocktails, reflects the blurred lines between brewing and mixology, as drinkers seek new, hybrid flavor experiences of familiar favorites.