Beer Emoji Guide: Every Beer, Cheers and Toast Emoji Explained

There are only two real “beer emoji” on Unicode’s official list: a single mug and two mugs clinking together. Everything else people search for, like beer bottle emoji, beer can emoji, keg emoji, IPA emoji or Oktoberfest emoji, does not exist as its own character, no matter how much demand there is for one. This guide covers both real ones in full, then goes through every beer-adjacent term people actually search, honestly, with the closest real workaround for each.

Beer Mug 🍺

This is the one everyone means by default when they search “beer emoji,” and by far the most searched beer-related emoji there is. It shows a single frosty mug of golden lager with a frothy head spilling over the rim. Unicode approved it as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010, and it landed on phones as Emoji 1.0 in 2015, codepoint U+1F37A. Use it solo for “having a beer,” “it’s 5 o’clock somewhere,” or any single-drink mention.

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Clinking Beer Mugs 🍻

Two frosty mugs of beer, clinked together mid-toast. Same Unicode 6.0 (2010) / Emoji 1.0 (2015) release as the solo mug, codepoint U+1F37B. This is the “cheers, we’re drinking together” emoji. Use it for a group toast, a bar night with mates, or replying “same” to someone’s Friday-night plans. “Cheers emoji” itself is the single biggest search term in this whole space, but most people typing it are picturing champagne flutes, not beer mugs. If you specifically want the beer version of “cheers,” this is it, not the champagne glasses.

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Beer Bottle Emoji

“Beer bottle emoji” gets searched regularly but there is no bottle-shaped beer glyph on Unicode’s list, only the mug. The workaround people actually use is the Beer Mug (🍺) alongside the general Bottle emoji if their keyboard has one, or the Bottle with Popping Cork (🍾, technically a champagne bottle) reused loosely for “a bottle of something.” Neither is a true match, so most captions just stick with 🍺.

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Beer Can Emoji

Same story as the bottle: real searches for “beer can emoji,” no dedicated glyph. There is a generic Beverage Box emoji (🧃) and a Cup with Straw (🥤), but neither reads as “can of beer” to anyone. Beer Mug (🍺) remains the practical stand-in whenever the format (can vs. bottle vs. draft) doesn’t actually matter to the point you’re making.

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Pint / Beer Glass Emoji

“Pint emoji” and “beer glass emoji” both get searched by people picturing a straight-sided pint glass rather than a handled mug. Unicode has never split this out, the Beer Mug (🍺) covers pints, steins and mugs alike as one symbol, regardless of what shape glass you’re actually drinking from.

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Six-Pack Emoji

“Six pack emoji” is a genuinely ambiguous search that splits between people wanting a six-pack of beer and people wanting six-pack abs. There’s no beer six-pack glyph either way. For the drink meaning, the closest working shorthand is stacking the Beer Mug six times or just using 🍺 once with the number 6 (6🍺) as a quick text shorthand.

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Keg Emoji

“Keg emoji” gets a small but real trickle of searches. Unicode has no keg glyph, so the informal workaround some people use is the Oil Drum emoji (🛢️) purely because it’s roughly keg-shaped. It technically means an oil barrel, not beer, so use it knowingly rather than expecting anyone to read it as “keg” without context. Paired with 🍺 it reads clearly enough in a party-planning caption.

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Hops and Barley Emoji

“Hops emoji” gets searched by homebrewers and craft-beer fans specifically. There’s no hops cone glyph, but the closest visual stand-ins are the Sheaf of Rice (🌾, reads as “grain” generically, the nearest thing to barley) and Herb (🌿, greenery, sometimes used loosely for hops in brewing-community posts). Neither is an exact match; most brewing content just names the ingredient in text and uses 🍺 for the finished product.

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IPA, Stout, Craft Beer and Non-Alcoholic Beer Emoji

None of these have their own emoji. “IPA emoji,” “stout emoji” and “craft beer emoji” all return genuine search volume with nothing built for them. Unicode’s Beer Mug is a single universal glyph regardless of style, strength or ABV; there’s no color variant for a dark stout versus a pale lager, and no separate glyph for a 0.0% non-alcoholic beer. If the style matters to your point, you still have to say it in words next to the 🍺.

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Beer Belly Emoji

A small real search (“beer belly emoji”). No dedicated glyph exists. The nearest available combo is Beer Mug plus a generic body-shape emoji like 🧔 or 🫃 (Pregnant Man, sometimes reused as a stand-in for a round belly, though that’s a stretch of its actual meaning). Most people just skip the visual and say it in text.

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Brewery and Beer Garden Emoji

“Brewery emoji” and “beer garden emoji” get searched by people planning posts about a specific venue. Neither has a dedicated glyph. The realistic combo is Beer Mug plus Factory (🏭, for an industrial-style brewery) or Beer Mug plus a picnic/outdoor combo like 🌳 or 🪑 for a garden setting. None of it is a perfect one-glyph answer, which is exactly why these searches keep coming back empty.

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Beer Emoji Combos by Occasion

Since so few beer-specific ideas have their own emoji, most of the real “beer emoji” searches are actually people looking for a combo to caption a moment, not a single glyph. Here are the ones with genuine search demand behind them.

Oktoberfest

“Oktoberfest emoji” gets searched every autumn. There’s no stein or lederhosen glyph, so the working combo is 🍺🇩🇪🥨: beer mug, German flag, pretzel, which reads clearly as Oktoberfest without needing an event-specific character.

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St. Patrick’s Day and Irish Beer

“St patricks day emoji” and “irish flag emoji” both get real volume every March. Combos that actually work as a caption:

  • 🍀🍺🇮🇪: shamrock, beer mug, Irish flag, the standard St. Patrick’s Day combo.
  • ☘️🍻: four-leaf clover plus clinking mugs, for a group toast post.
  • 🇮🇪🍺🎉: flag, beer, party popper, for an event or pub-crawl announcement.

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There is no dedicated “Guinness emoji” or “stout emoji” either. See the FAQ below on that mix-up. If you’re planning an actual trip rather than typing a caption, our Kilkenny breweries and distilleries guide covers five real Irish stops worth combining with it.

Game Day

Tailgate and game-day beer posts lean on 🏈🍺🌭 (football, beer, hot dog) or 🍕🍺🎉 for a watch-party at home. No dedicated “tailgate emoji” exists, so the combo carries the context.

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Beer Pong and Drinking Games

“Beer pong emoji” gets a small real search trickle. The working combo is 🏓🍺, ping pong paddle plus beer mug, since there’s no cup-and-ball-specific glyph.

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If you’re actually setting up a game night rather than typing a caption, our drinking games hub has real rules for beer pong and dozens of others.

The Day After

“Drunk emoji” is a genuinely huge search, almost always meaning one of 🥴 Woozy Face, 😵 Face with Crossed-Out Eyes, or 🤢 Nauseated Face, none of which are beer emoji specifically, they’re just the expression people reach for the morning after using one of the drink glyphs above.

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FAQ

What’s the difference between Beer Mug and Clinking Beer Mugs?
Beer Mug (🍺) is one drink, standing alone. Use it for “I’m having a beer.” Clinking Beer Mugs (🍻) is two mugs being toasted together. Use it for “cheers” or “we’re drinking together.” They’re separate Unicode characters, not size variants of each other.

Is the Guinness harp a real emoji?
No, and this is a genuinely common mix-up. “Guinness beer symbol” gets searched regularly. The harp is Guinness’s own registered trademark, not a Unicode character, so it can’t be typed as an emoji on any keyboard. The nearest actual emoji for an Irish stout is still the plain Beer Mug (🍺).

Is there a root beer emoji?
No. “Root beer emoji” gets searched every year, but Unicode has never issued one. The closest real options are the standard Beer Mug (🍺, understanding it’s not literally root beer) or Cup with Straw (🥤) for the bottle/can version.

How do I actually copy and paste one of these on my phone?
On iPhone, press and hold any of the emoji above until the selection handles appear, drag to highlight it, then tap Copy, or switch to the emoji keyboard (globe icon) and search “beer” to type it fresh. On Android, long-press the character and tap Copy from the menu, or use your keyboard’s emoji panel the same way. Either method gives you the same Unicode character wherever you paste it, unlike a screenshot or a “beer emoji png,” which is just a flat image.

Do beer emoji look different on iPhone vs Android?
Yes. Every platform, Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, Facebook, draws its own version of each character from the same Unicode blueprint, so the exact art style varies by device. The meaning and the underlying codepoint stay identical, which is the whole point of emoji as a shared standard rather than a picture you send.

Unicode approval years, versions and codepoints referenced above are drawn from the Unicode Consortium’s own emoji records, cross-checked against Emojipedia’s public reference pages.