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Michelada in a highball glass

Michelada

A spicy, savory Mexican beer cocktail. The savory Bloody Mary's cousin.

ClassicSavorySpicyTangy

Ingredients

  • Beer12 oz (360 ml)
  • Lime Juice1 oz (30 ml)
  • Tomato Juice4 oz (120 ml)
  • Hot Sauce3 dashes
  • Worcestershire Sauce2 dashes
  • TajínRim

How to make it

  1. Rim a glass with Tajín.
  2. Add lime juice, hot sauce, Worcestershire, and tomato juice.
  3. Fill with beer.

Glass: Highball

May contain: Gluten, Fish (Anchovies). Always check your own bottles.

History

The Michelada is a Mexican beer cocktail seasoned with lime, salt and savory or spicy sauces, served over ice in a chili-salt-rimmed glass. A 20th-century cantina staple, it has many regional variations and origin stories across Mexico.

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