The 20 Best Michelada Recipes
If you're looking for the right drink to celebrate a Mexican holiday or want to improve your beer mixology skills, then look no further than the classic Mexican michelada. We've included a list of the top 20 michelada recipes, along with the steps to a simple version of the recipe below.
What's a Michelada?
The michelada is a Mexican cerveza preparada, or beer cocktail, in which the most basic version of the drink calls for Mexican lager, lime juice, and salt. The more involved versions of the recipe can include tomato juice, hot sauce, clam juice, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, orange juice and fresh peppers. 
If You're a Homebrewer:
Want to make a crisp michelada from start to finish? Brew your own Fresco Chile Lime Beer to give your michelada a very distinct and spicy zip. The heat from the easy-to-brew Fresco Chile Lime Beer Recipe will kick your michelada into high-gear.
Food Pairing:
Pair your finished michelada with carne asada for a perfect meal. We highly recommend using the Fresco Chile Lime Beer as a marinade ingredient for flank steak or skirt steak, as per the recommendation of a Mr. Beer community homebrewer.
Without Further Ado, Mr. Beer presents the...
Spoon Fork Bacon shows you how to make the essential and complete spicy michelada. Don't mistake this classic michelada to be basic, because it's anything but.
Fake Food Free shows you how to make the Spicy Cilantro-Lime Michelada, full of fresh, spicy flavor.
Tablespoon shows you how to make a dark michelada with chiptole hot sauce. It will be love at first sip for dark beer fans.
The Latin Kitchen shows you how to make a sweet blackberry michelada. Consider this your desser.
The Latin Kitchen shows you how to make a cool, refreshing Thai-inspired Michelada.
Saveur shows you how to turn the michelada into a meal, with the michelada con camarones, or "michelada with shrimp".
The Mason Jar shows you how to make a sweet and citrus-based michelada with tequila and sangrita.
The Beeroness shows you how to make a savory, sweet and overall decadent bacon michelada using ingredients like spanish olive brine, horseradish, sriracha and brown sugar.
Casa Dragones shows you how to perfectly fuse liquor, beer, agave and tomatillo in the Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco Cocktail, created by an award-winning mixologist.
Liquor.com shows you celebrity chef Chris Cosentino's spin on the "bloody michelada". This spicy, beer-based cocktail includes shucked, liquor-reserved oysters and is recommended for the more advanced mixologist.
Imbibe Magazine shows you how to make a pineapple michelada, a tropical spin on the Mexican classic.
Life & Food shows you how to make a clamato michelada with cucumbers, beef jerky, Japanese peanuts and churritos.
Kitchen Konfidence shows you how to make the red michelada, brought to you by a Mexican restaurant called Puesto. Puesto's signature michelada includes orange juice to give it a distinct, refreshing flavor.
Feed Me Dearly shows you how to make a texterous, spicy bitter michelada with kumoto tomatoes.
Muy Bueno shows you how to make a milder version of the michelada. Skip the heat and make a 'chelada.
Real Food Honestly shows you how to make a decadent and different blood orange michelada.
Ingredients:
Cut a slit in the center of your lime wedge, and trace it around the rim of your glass, moistening the rim with lime juice. Dip the glass into the mixture of chile and salt.
Step 2.
Add the chile and lime juice to the bottom of your glass and stir for 15 seconds or until completely combined.
Step 3.
Fill your glass up halfway with ice. Pour in your ice cold Fresco Chile Lime Beer and fill the glass to the top.
Step 4.
Dip one end of your lime wedge into the chile powder. Insert the rim of the glass into the flesh of the lime as a garnish.
Step 5.
Repeat for your friends. Raise your glass. Say "¡Salud!" (a toast to health).
CONGRATULATIONS!
You've successfully created a michelada with your very own Fresco Chile Lime Beer! Wait...what do you mean you didn't use the Fresco Chile Lime Beer homebrew recipe? Well, that's not a problem. There's still plenty of time to do so. You can get the recipe to brew your own Mexican cerveza here.
Don't know how to brew your own beer yet? It's easy to learn. Pick up a homebrew kit for everything you need to get started brewing your own beer.
If You're a Homebrewer:
Want to make a crisp michelada from start to finish? Brew your own Fresco Chile Lime Beer to give your michelada a very distinct and spicy zip. The heat from the easy-to-brew Fresco Chile Lime Beer Recipe will kick your michelada into high-gear.
Food Pairing:
Pair your finished michelada with carne asada for a perfect meal. We highly recommend using the Fresco Chile Lime Beer as a marinade ingredient for flank steak or skirt steak, as per the recommendation of a Mr. Beer community homebrewer.
Without Further Ado, Mr. Beer presents the...
TOP 20 ULIMATE MICHELADA RECIPES
1. THE SPICY MICHELADA
Spoon Fork Bacon shows you how to make the essential and complete spicy michelada. Don't mistake this classic michelada to be basic, because it's anything but.
2. THE SPICY CILANTRO-LIME MICHELADA
Fake Food Free shows you how to make the Spicy Cilantro-Lime Michelada, full of fresh, spicy flavor.
3. THE "COCKY ROOSTER" SRIRACHELADA
GQ shows you how to make an Asian-inspired "Cocky Rooster" michelada with sriracha. Better known as a "srirachelada".
4. THE DARK CHIPOTLE MICHELADA
Tablespoon shows you how to make a dark michelada with chiptole hot sauce. It will be love at first sip for dark beer fans.
5. THE BLACKBERRY MICHELADA
The Latin Kitchen shows you how to make a sweet blackberry michelada. Consider this your desser.
6. THE MANGO SHRUB MICHELADA
The 10th Kitchen shows you how to make an awesome mango shrub beer margarita.
7. THE THAI RAMA MICHELADA
The Latin Kitchen shows you how to make a cool, refreshing Thai-inspired Michelada.
8. THE SMOKED TOMATO MICHELADA POPSICLE COCKTAIL
Dine Design shows you how to cool off in the best way with the Smoked Tomato Michelada Popsicle Cocktail. This treat will serve well in summer months.
9. THE MICHELADA CON CAMARONES
Saveur shows you how to turn the michelada into a meal, with the michelada con camarones, or "michelada with shrimp".10. THE MICHELADA CON TEQUILA Y SANGRITA
11. THE SRIRACHA BLOODY BEER WITH CHILI SUGAR BACON
The Beeroness shows you how to make a savory, sweet and overall decadent bacon michelada using ingredients like spanish olive brine, horseradish, sriracha and brown sugar.
12. THE TEQUILA CASA DRAGONES BLANCO COCKTAIL
Casa Dragones shows you how to perfectly fuse liquor, beer, agave and tomatillo in the Tequila Casa Dragones Blanco Cocktail, created by an award-winning mixologist.
13. THE BLOODY ROMAN
Liquor.com shows you celebrity chef Chris Cosentino's spin on the "bloody michelada". This spicy, beer-based cocktail includes shucked, liquor-reserved oysters and is recommended for the more advanced mixologist.
14. THE PINEAPPLE MICHELADA
Imbibe Magazine shows you how to make a pineapple michelada, a tropical spin on the Mexican classic.
15. THE CLAMATO MICHELADA
Life & Food shows you how to make a clamato michelada with cucumbers, beef jerky, Japanese peanuts and churritos.
16. THE "PUESTO'S RED" MICHELADA
Kitchen Konfidence shows you how to make the red michelada, brought to you by a Mexican restaurant called Puesto. Puesto's signature michelada includes orange juice to give it a distinct, refreshing flavor.
17. THE SPICY BITTER MICHELADA
Feed Me Dearly shows you how to make a texterous, spicy bitter michelada with kumoto tomatoes.
18. THE 'CHELADA
Muy Bueno shows you how to make a milder version of the michelada. Skip the heat and make a 'chelada.
19. THE BLOOD ORANGE MICHELADA
Real Food Honestly shows you how to make a decadent and different blood orange michelada.
20. THE SIMPLE MICHELADA RECIPE
Can't decide which recipe to use? We've chosen a simple one for you, brought to you by Honestly Yum.
Ingredients:
- 1 bottle of home brewed Mexican cerveza (Fresco Chile Lime Beer or another Aztec Mexican Cerveza recipe)
- 1 ounce of lime juice
- 1/4 teaspoon of chile de árbol powder
- Coarse sea salt
- Chile de árbol powder
- 1 lime wedge
Cut a slit in the center of your lime wedge, and trace it around the rim of your glass, moistening the rim with lime juice. Dip the glass into the mixture of chile and salt.
Step 2.
Add the chile and lime juice to the bottom of your glass and stir for 15 seconds or until completely combined.
Step 3.
Fill your glass up halfway with ice. Pour in your ice cold Fresco Chile Lime Beer and fill the glass to the top.
Step 4.
Dip one end of your lime wedge into the chile powder. Insert the rim of the glass into the flesh of the lime as a garnish.
Step 5.
Repeat for your friends. Raise your glass. Say "¡Salud!" (a toast to health).
CONGRATULATIONS!
You've successfully created a michelada with your very own Fresco Chile Lime Beer! Wait...what do you mean you didn't use the Fresco Chile Lime Beer homebrew recipe? Well, that's not a problem. There's still plenty of time to do so. You can get the recipe to brew your own Mexican cerveza here.
Don't know how to brew your own beer yet? It's easy to learn. Pick up a homebrew kit for everything you need to get started brewing your own beer.
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