Michelada is a Mexican beer cocktail with spices, lime juice, and tomato juice or the flavored tomato juice, clamato. It’s the perfect, deliciously savory drink for hot summer days.

How to make a Michelada?

With this simple recipe, pour your spices onto a small plate, rub lime on the rim of your glass and dip the glass upside down to the spices. Fill the glass with ice, Worcestershire sauce, your favorite hot sauce, lime and beer. Mix well and enjoy!

Can you use bloody mary mix for Michelada?

Bloody mary mixes are usually tomato juice with spices, and can be a quick fix for a Michelada. Simply mix together ⅓ Bloody Mary mix with ⅔ lager for one glass.

The great Michelada (spicy Mexican beer cocktail)

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Ruby Goss

Food Editor at Kitchen Stories

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"Savory, sour, and spicy; Mexico’s great cocktail checks all the boxes. This one is for lovers of a little ‘kick’ in their beer. Grab your favorite hot sauce and a Mexican lager (Pacifico, Sol, or Corona) and pour yourself a glass. Turn the fire up at the rim of the glass with chili flakes (try Aleppo, gochugaru, or Mexican Tajin powder), and add this easy cocktail to your menu. With each sip your taste buds will feel refreshed, making it the perfect drink for summertime feasts!"

Difficulty

Easy 👌

Preparation

5 min

Baking

0 min

Resting

0 min

Ingredients

2Servings

2 tsp

chili flakes

1 tsp

sugar

2 tsp

flaky sea salt

limes

2 tsp

Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp

hot sauce

Mexican lager

ice cubes

Utensils

plate (small), glass, citrus press, bar spoon

Nutrition per serving

Cal207

Fat2 g

Protein1 g

Carb21 g

Step 1/2
- 2 tsp chili flakes
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp flaky sea salt
- 2 lime
- plate (small)
- glass
Add chili flakes, sugar, and salt to a small plate. Mix well. Halve one of the limes and rub one half around the rim of the glass. Turn glass upside down and swivel it so the rim becomes coated in the chili mixture.
Step 2/2
- 2 lime
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp hot sauce
- 2 Mexican lager
- ice cubes
- citrus press
- bar spoon
Fill glass with ice, then squeeze all the limes into the glass. Add Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and top up with beer. Mix well and top up with more beer as needed.
Cheers!