Michelada

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Michelada

Type	Mixed drink
Primary alcohol by volume	Beer
Served	Chilled
Standard garnish	Lime
Standard drinkware	Pint
Commonly used ingredients	A few drops of Worcestershire sauce, Soy sauce or Teriyaki sauce, Hot sauce, lime
Preparation	Mix the fresh squeezed lime, Worcestershire, teriyaki or soy sauce, hot sauce.
Notes	This mix goes in the glass with the beer, not in a shot glass.

The Michelada or cerveza preparada is term loosely defining an alcoholic beverage made with beer, lime juice and assorted sauces, spices, peppers, tomato juices or clamato^[1]. It is served in a chilled salt rimmed glass.^[2] There are numerous variations of the beverage throughout Latin America and the United States.^[3]

Recently, major U.S. beer producers have begun marketing cervezas preparada, illustrating the wide variety of recipes in the Chelada/ Michelada category. For example, Miller Brewing Company produces Miller Chill which is a "Chelada-style light lager with a hint of salt and lime.". ^[4] Going a different route, Anheuser-Busch is manufacturing Budweiser Chelada and Bud Light Chelada as a combination of lager, clamato, lime juice, and salt.^[5]

[edit] Basic Recipe

Ingredients:

   * 1 cold Mexican beer
   * 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
   * 1-2 dashes of hot chile sauce 
   * 1 dashes of soy sauce
   * 1 dashes Worcestershire sauce
   

Salt the rim of a chilled beer mug or large glass by wetting the rim and dipping in salt. Mix together all ingredients except beer. Stir well. Slowly pour beer into glass. Garnish with lime wedge. ^[6]. A common variation includes Clamato or Tomato juice.^[7]

[edit] References

[edit] Common uses

The Boston College Washington DC alumni club has taken to drinking Chelada as a good luck ritual prior to various sporting events.