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Cook With the Beer: Grilled Shrimp with a Passion Pit Glaze
Serving suggestion — this is the dinner you cook at home. The can in the frame is our real Passion Pit can photography; the plate is a rendered picture of the recipe below.
The recipe our Passion Pit email promised
If you landed here from our Passion Pit email — welcome, this is the one. The last stretch of a South Florida summer wants dinner off the grill and a beer that stays light, and this recipe puts the same can in the glaze and in your glass.
Passion Pit is our Fruit Ale — 4.2% ABV, 12 IBU, the lowest-bitterness can of the Core Four. That low bitterness is exactly why it belongs in a glaze: simmered down with honey it turns sweet and glossy instead of harsh, and it caramelizes beautifully on shrimp in the last two minutes over the fire.
Everything below is something you cook at home, on your own stove or grill, with a can you picked up at the store. Read it once, then get cooking.
THE BEER IN THE GLAZE
Passion Pit — Fruit Ale
4.2% ABV · 12 IBU
Why it works: at 12 IBU there is almost no bitterness to concentrate, so Passion Pit reduces sweet instead of sharp. Of the Core Four, this is the can built for glazes, marinades and vinaigrettes — two tablespoons of honey turn it into a loose, brushable syrup.
Ingredients
Serves 4.
The shrimp
- 1 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined (tails on if you like)
- 1 Tbsp neutral oil
- ½ tsp kosher salt and ¼ tsp black pepper
- Skewers (soak wooden ones 20 minutes)
- 1 lime, halved, for the grill
The Passion Pit glaze
- 1 cup Passion Pit (about two-thirds of a 12 oz can)
- 2 Tbsp honey
- A pinch of chili flake
About the can. A 12 oz can holds about a cup and a half; the glaze takes one cup. The rest of the can is the cook’s — at 4.2% it’s an easy pour while the grill comes up.
Steps
- Make the glaze. Pour 1 cup Passion Pit into a small saucepan with the honey and chili flake. Simmer over medium heat 10–12 minutes, until it reduces to a loose syrup that coats the back of a spoon. Pull it off the heat — it thickens a little more as it cools.
- Prep the shrimp. While the glaze reduces, pat the shrimp very dry, toss with the oil, salt and pepper, and thread onto skewers. About 10 minutes.
- Heat the grill. Medium-high, about 400°F, grates scraped clean and lightly oiled. Set the lime halves cut-side down at the edge to char.
- Grill the first side. Lay the skewers over direct heat for 2 minutes, until the shrimp turn pink at the edges and pick up light char.
- Flip and glaze. Turn the skewers, brush the cooked side generously with glaze, and give the second side 1 minute.
- Glaze the other side. Flip once more, brush again, and count 30–60 seconds — the honey caramelizes fast, so pull the skewers at deep amber, not black.
- Rest and serve. Off the heat, one last brush of glaze and a squeeze of the charred lime. Serve hot, with the extra glaze on the side.
The glaze goes on in the last two minutes — a rendered look at the brushing step on your own backyard grill.
A note for the whole table
The glaze simmers a good ten minutes and then finishes over a hot grill, so most of the alcohol cooks off — a small amount always remains, and the one cup that went in is spread thin across the whole batch. This is a family dinner — kids at the table included.
Serve it with
- Passion Pit, cold — the same Fruit Ale that’s in the glaze, and at 4.2% it stays light next to sweet-heat shrimp.
- Sparkling water with lime, for anyone not drinking: a big squeeze of the same charred lime over ice does the job.
Where to find the beer
Passion Pit is around South Florida — Publix and local bottle shops through Palm Beach and Broward counties — and it’s on tap at the taproom at 1701 W. Atlantic Ave, the first building off the I-95 Atlantic Ave exit in Delray Beach. Beer is a find-it-around-town thing for us; we can’t ship it, so online is apparel and gear only.
Taproom hours: Mon 1–7 · Tue–Thu 12–10 · Fri–Sat 12–11 · Sun 12–8.
Keep the weekend going
- What's on at the brewery — trivia, bingo, live music and the food-truck calendar: events at Saltwater Brewery, Delray Beach
- Best sellers — the hats and UV layers the crew actually wears
- The Boat-Day Duo — pair a trucker hat with a UV long sleeve and shipping is on us
Please drink responsibly.