8 Beer Cocktails Using a Mexican Cerveza
Nothing is more refreshing than a light cerveza after a long day of work, or for relaxing on your day off. If the beer alone just isn't cutting it, maybe it is time to experiment with something that carries a little bit more kick... like a beer cocktail. Refreshing, bubbly beer mixed with your favorite liquor? Yes please!
Here are 8 of our favorite beer cocktail recipes using a light "cerveza," or Mexican style beer. Think of our Aztec Cerveza refill, or an ice-cold Corona. Put your party pants on, because these cocktails are here to show you a good time.
The Tropical Fishbowl Margarita
Ingredients
- 6 oz. tequila
- 3 oz. coconut rum
- 2 oz. triple sec
- 2 oz. peach schnapps
- 1 oz. lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 6 oz. pineapple juice
- Large bottle of orange juice
- Orange slices
- Lime slices
- Strawberries
- 24 oz. cerveza
Directions While the original recipe calls for all of this to be mixed in a fishbowl (hence the name) we preferred to mix it in one of our cider kegs. Good for brewing and for mixing delicious cocktails!
Fill the bottom of the keg with ice. Place the orange, lime, and strawberry slices on top of the ice. Pour in tequila, coconut rum, triple sec, peach schnapps, lime juice, pineapple juice, and the bottle of orange juice. Give everything a big stir. Then, you can either pour 24 oz of your cerveza directly into the mix, or you can place your thumb on the top of a bottle, invert the bottle, lower into the margarita, and take your thumb off (think of a Corina-rita with the bottle sticking out of the top). You can use 1 large bottle, or 2 smaller bottles.
Throw some straws in there and enjoy! Or, if you are using our keg, you can open the spigot and pour into your cup. This beer is perfect for large parties. While it may taste fruity and delicious, beware... this cocktail has some kick!
Michelada
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 1/2 cups Mexican Cerveza
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- Ground pepper and salt for glass
Directions Put ice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, soy sauce and lime juice in a shaker. Give it a few good shakes to mix everything up. Garnish your glass with pepper and salt, pour in the Michelada mix, add your beer, and give it a good stir. You don't want to add beer to your shaker because carbonation=explosions!
Fun fact: in Mexico, a Michelada is just lime juice and beer. An Ichelada is tomato juice and beer. This is a US take on the famous Michelada.
Brass Monkey
Ingredients
- 1 bottle of Mexican cerveza
- 1/3 glass of orange juice
Directions Doesn't get much easier than this. Garnish your glass if desired, put in ice, pour in your beer, and top of with orange juice. Adjust depending on your strength preferences.
Mexican Boilermaker
Ingredients
- 1 Mexican cerveza
- 1 shot of tequila
Directions We lied, it does get easier. Do we really even need directions? Think Irish car bomb takes a Mexican vacation. Drop, splash, chug.
Fifth Crown
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz tequila
- 1/2 oz Creme de Cassis
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- 6 oz Mexican cerveza
- Wedge of lime
Directions Fill a shaker with ice and shake the tequila, Creme de Cassis, and lime juice. Strain into a glass and top off with the beer. Serve with a wedge of lime.
Summer Beer
Ingredients
- 12 oz frozen lemonade concentrate
- 12 oz water
- 12 oz vodka
- 1 bottle of Mexican cerveza
Directions Place the lemonade concentrate in a gallon pitcher, then measure 12 oz of vodka using the empty lemonade concentrate can. Pour vodka into pitcher, add your beer, and mix. Pour over ice and enjoy.
El Ayudacal
Ingredients
- 1 bottle Mexican cerveza
- 1 1/2 oz lime juice
- 1/2 oz agave nectar
- Lime zest
- Lime wedge for garnish
Directions Pour agave nectar, lime juice, and lime zest into a shaker. Shake it on up, pour over ice, and add the cerveza to the glass. Stir and add lime wedge as garnish.
Mr. Beer Bloody Maria
Ingredients
- 1 oz tequila
- 5 oz tomato juice/ Clamato juice
- 4 oz Mexican cerveza
- 3 dashes Worcestershire sauce
- 4-6 dashes Mexican hot sauce
- 1 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
- Pinch of kosher salt
- Pinch of cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon prepared horseradish
- 1 celery stick
- 2 green olives
