This michelada recipe is a beer poured over ice with lime, hot sauce, and a salted rim. It is not a plain lager or a bloody mary.
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Michelada
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 drink 1x
Description
Michelada. From Olivia.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lime
- salt for the rim
- hot sauce
- Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cold lager
- ice
Instructions
- Rim a glass with lime and salt.
- Add ice, the juice of half the lime, a few dashes of hot sauce, and a dash of Worcestershire.
- Pour in the beer and stir once.
Notes
A light lager. A heavy stout fights the lime.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Cocktail
- Method: No-cook
- Cuisine: American
Rim
Salt, or salt mixed with chili powder.
Beer
Cold. Warm beer and ice tastes thin.
Heat
Start small. You can add hot sauce. You cannot take it out.
Ice
A few cubes. A full glass of ice waters the beer down.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Clamato?
That is a different drink. This one is beer, lime, and sauce.
Non-alcoholic
Use a non-alcoholic lager.
Pitcher
Salt the glasses, mix the lime and sauces, and pour the beer at the table.
Tomato juice?
A splash is optional. Leave it out for the plain version.