Spicy Beer Cocktail with Chili Rim
A Mexican-style michelada: ice-cold beer with lime juice, hot sauce, and Worcestershire, served in a chili-and-salt-rimmed glass with fresh orange. Ready in under 5 minutes.
- Total time
- 5 min
- Servings
- 2
- Calories
- 145
- Protein
- 1g

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Ingredients
- 24 fl oz beer (lager or pilsner), cold
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- ½ oz hot sauce (Valentina or Tabasco)
- ¼ oz Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbsp chili powder, salt, and lime for rimming
- 1 whole orange, sliced
Instructions
- 1
Mix chili powder and salt on a small plate. Rub a lime wedge around the rim of two tall glasses, then dip rim into the chili-salt mixture.
- 2
Fill both glasses with ice cubes.
- 3
Pour 12 fl oz cold beer into each glass.
- 4
Squeeze half a lime into each glass, then add 0.25 oz hot sauce and a splash of Worcestershire to each.
- 5
Stir briefly with a bar spoon until flavors blend, about 5-10 seconds.
- 6
Garnish each with an orange slice. Serve immediately.
Tools you’ll need
- two tall glasses (10-12 oz each)
- bar spoon
- small plate for rimming
- lime wedge for rimming
- cutting board and knife for orange
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