Tecate Michelada

Photo by Nick de la Torre

By Clash Glasses

I woke up last Saturday after much celebrating with my brother in Chicago - great brother, great town.  Accompanied by his roomate we headed to a taco place called Big Star to get our heads together. We got seated at the bar and ordered a round of micheladas, made with tecate and a mixture (roughly speaking) of tomato juice, spices, lime, and hotsauce (probably some other stuff too), served on ice in a beerglass with a salted rim (remaining 1/2 can of tecate on the side).

There was an approximate "mexican bloody mary" vibe but the beer was very light and added a quality like seltzer, beer seltzer, which lightened up the drink and embodied refreshing - not at all thick like a bloody mary.  Great flavor, and the salt and heat made you thirsty as you were drinking, which was instantly refreshed and quenched as you drank more - rinse and repeat. Highly satisfying.

I meant it when I said I could stay there all day... settled for a half day.

No tried and true recipe to offer up here, so rather than spring something untested on you, you can either go check out Big Star if you get a chance (great cheap eats), or look up some recipes on the web and experiment at home.  My kind of science.