Red Eye Michelada
The easiest way to turn a cheap cold beer into something worth sipping slow. Three ounces of Red Eye, a Mexican lager and a salted rim.
2 min1 michelada
Recipe card
Everything you need in one printable card — measurements, ratio and method.
- Time
- 2 min
- Makes
- 1 michelada
- Mix per batch
- 3 oz
- Pour ratio
- Classic pour is 4 oz mix to 1.5 oz spirit — scale both to taste.
Ingredients
Batch size
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- 3 oz Red Eye Bloody Mary Mix
- 1 cold Mexican lager (12 oz)
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
- Coarse salt or chili salt for the rim
- Ice
Instructions
- 1
Run a lime wedge around the rim of a pint glass and dip it in coarse or chili salt.
- 2
Fill the glass with ice and squeeze in half a lime.
- 3
Pour in 3 oz of well-shaken Red Eye mix.
- 4
Top slowly with cold lager, stir once and garnish with a lime wedge.
Tip: Pour the beer down the side of the glass so you keep the head and the fizz.
Need the mix?
Every recipe here starts with a bottle of Red Eye Texas style bloody mary mix.
