Great post on Epicurious about beer cocktails.
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/drinking/beer/top5_beercocktails?mbid=RF
I have fallen victim to a snakebite before but I may have to try that again. I have had a shandy before as well and could not drink it. Same with Berliner Weisse with raspberry. But the Stout Diplomat sounds intriguing. I may have to give that a try.