My New Favorite Cocktail for Summer ‘09
Posted on | May 28, 2009 | 11 Comments
And the winner is…
A Michelada!
I had several while in Austin this past weekend and they are a tasty treat. I tried two different varietals. One was at the Hotel San Jose and it was so tasty and clearly made with a lot of tlc. It was a salt rimmed glass filled with ice, lime juice, soy sauce, worcestershire, tabasco, black pepper and topped with a Mexican beer – I like Modelo the best. It was basically a beer topped bloody mary but no tomato juice. Delicious! I did have another version of a Michelada with straight bloody mary mix (Zing Zang is the best bloody mary mix ever and I can’t find it anywhere in Manhattan so I may just have to order a case of it online) and a beer, and it was just as delicious. I recommend trying both ways. I think I’ll be making lots of these this summer. Yum.
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May 28th, 2009 @ 9:20 am
mmm…love your blog and we are going to put a little link for you on our sidebar today. We found you through Erin of ‘reading my tea leaves’.
May 28th, 2009 @ 9:58 am
A) Michelada’s are awesome but be wary of those made with Clamato. Barf.
B) You know Zing Zang is what Watershed uses? They sell it at Ansley Wine Merchants. I will get you some.
C) I miss you!
May 28th, 2009 @ 10:43 am
A) I know I am scared of anything with clam juice. For obvious reasons.
B) I do know that because you told me that you asked at Watershed and that is why I tried it. And that is when my life changed.
C) No, I miss YOU!
May 28th, 2009 @ 12:40 pm
You know how I feel about bloody marys or anything closely related.
May 28th, 2009 @ 2:09 pm
Oh my goodness, I can’t quite get behind the description of the drink–with the soy sauce and all, but you know, anything combined with a good mexican beer sounds delicious!
May 28th, 2009 @ 7:17 pm
ok, i would definitely mess up the proportions and end up with a soy sauce mess. but must enlist talented bartender to make one for me, because your shot looks like such limey, peppery goodness!
June 1st, 2009 @ 8:58 am
hahahaa!!! awesome, glad you had a michelada from San Jose!!
bets summa’ drink evah!
June 1st, 2009 @ 8:59 am
hahahaa!!! awesome, glad you had a michelada from San Jose!!
best summa’ drink evah!
June 2nd, 2009 @ 11:17 am
oooh i’m a huge fan of zing zang…so, so good! and yes the hotel san jose is the best. hotel. ever. totally agree!
June 20th, 2009 @ 3:10 pm
ack! i loooove San Jose and i love all things related to the ceasar/bloody mary–i will definitely be making this soon.
June 28th, 2009 @ 11:41 pm
UGH, I can’t find Zing Zang up in the north east at all. I agree. Best bloody mary mix that exists.