Michelado: A Spicy Beer Cocktail For The Summer Season

By Aanchal Mathur

Known as cervesa preparada (“prepared beer” in Spanish), Michelada is a Mexican drink of beer where lager  is mixed with tomato juice, hot sauce or salsa.  It’s served in a chilled glass with a chili powder and salt rim.

Ingredients

1 pinch salt 1 pinch cayenne pepper 1 lime wedge 1/2 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce 2 dashes Tabasco sauce 1 pinch ground black pepper 1 pinch celery salt 1 bottle Mexican lager beer, chilled Garnish: lime wedge

Step 1

Add equal parts salt and cayenne pepper to a plate or shallow bowl

Step 2

Rub the lime wedge along half the rim of the pint glass and then dip the rim into the salt-cayenne mixture. 

Step 3

Add the lime juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, black pepper and celery salt into the glass. 

Step 4

Fill with the beer and garnish with a lime wedge.