Michelada Pitcher

Name: Michelada Pitcher
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8 drinks
Ingredients: 4 bottles light lager, 12 oz each, very cold (1.4 L total); 0.5 cup fresh lime juice (120 ml); 2 cups tomato juice (480 ml); 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 1 tbsp hot sauce, to taste; chili-lime seasoning for the rim, lime wedges

A michelada is a savoury beer: light lager, lime and a little tomato and spice. It is a thirst-quencher for people standing at the grill. Make the base ahead and add cold beer at the last minute.

8 drinksYield

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What you'll need

4 bottles light lager, 12 oz each, very cold (1.4 L total)
0.5 cup fresh lime juice (120 ml)
2 cups tomato juice (480 ml)
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp hot sauce, to taste
chili-lime seasoning for the rim, lime wedges

How to make it

Stir the lime juice, tomato juice, Worcestershire and hot sauce together in a pitcher. Chill.
Rim the glasses with lime and the chili-lime seasoning. Fill with ice.
Add about 1/2 cup of the base and top with beer.
Glass: Chilled pilsner glasses with a chili-salt rim. Garnish: A lime wedge.

Chef's secrets

Use a light Mexican-style lager.

Add the hot sauce a little at a time.

Good to know

Make ahead

The base keeps 2 days; do not add the beer until serving.