What: Beer Mrkt
Where: Monkey Bar, 6 Camac Street, Fort Knox
When: Till end September, Sunday to Thursday, noon to midnight. Friday and Saturday, noon to 1am
Pocket pinch: Cocktails start from Rs 250, grub from Rs 180

Monsoon with tea and pakora is a classic combo. But when the monsoon is hot and humid like summer, replace the tea with cocktails made with the most refreshing alcohol of them all — beer!

With Beer Mrkt, Monkey Bar allows you to sip (or chug) on refreshing beer cocktails such as Monkey Mule, Shandy, Beermosa and Beergarita. To go with the sips are fried goodies such as Chicken Wings and French Fries, which substitute for telebhaja. “This festival is perfect for the peculiar Calcutta monsoon when it’s raining but still hot. The cocktails are all made from draught beer, which we recently introduced, so they’re extra fresh and light, which means you can have many of them,” said Avantika Saraogi, partner, Monkey Bar, Calcutta.

Curl up with a chilled glass of beer cocktail and a warm plate of fries when it’s pouring outside and look out at the great view from the large windows of Monkey Bar. Your day will be sorted.