The Spaghett Is Baltimore’s Gift to the World:
How the bright-red beer cocktail went from a Charm City special to a worldwide phenomenon.
nytimes.com/2026/08/18/dining/spaghett-baltimore.html
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Baltimore’s Spaghett Spreads WorldwideThe red beer cocktail combines Miller High Life, Aperol and lemon juice and originated in Baltimore in 2016.
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- Former Wet City Brewing bartender Reed Cahill developed it in 2016 in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood for the brewery’s opening cocktail menu.
- The three-ingredient drink uses bottled Miller High Life as a substitute for Prosecco, along with Aperol and lemon juice.
- The Spaghett differs from the NASCAR spritz, which uses Budweiser, and from a radler made with German lager and sparkling lemonade.
- The article presents the drink as having grown from a Baltimore specialty into a worldwide phenomenon that can be made anywhere, anytime and by anyone.
It was that period of time where putting tequila in a Corona was a big deal.— Reed Cahill, a former bartender at Wet City Brewing in Baltimore, who in 2016 helped create beer cocktails for the brewery’s opening menu.
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