Beergarita
ClassicA frozen-margarita-meets-cerveza mash-up — tequila and lime lengthened with cold lager.
Tart, salty and easy-drinking. The tequila-lime margarita core is all there — bright citrus, agave warmth, a salted rim — but the lager stretches it out, adding fizz and a malty backbone while dialling down the sweetness and the strength. Refreshing and fun rather than serious. A margarita you can drink by the pitcher.
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Blanco Tequila
- 0.5 oz Triple Sec
- 1 oz Lime Juice
- 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
- 6 oz Lager
- Salt rim · optional garnish
- lime wheel · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Rim a pint glass with salt and fill with ice.
- 2
Add the tequila, triple sec, lime juice and simple syrup.
- 3
Stir briefly to chill and combine.
- 4
Top with cold Mexican lager, stir once, and garnish with a lime wheel.
The Story
The Beergarita — also known as a Coronarita or a Bulldog Margarita — is a Tex-Mex bar invention, the happy collision of two of the region's favourite drinks: the margarita and the ice-cold cerveza. In its most theatrical form it arrives as a full margarita with an upended bottle of Mexican lager plunged into the glass, the beer draining slowly into the drink as you go. Stripped of the showmanship, it is a margarita built long and topped with lager — lighter, fizzier and more sessionable than the original. It belongs to sunny patios and taco nights, and makes no claim to subtlety.
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