In the past several months, I’ve been to 2 local pubs that whose menu says that any beer can be “bloodied” for an additional $1.50. Yesterday I was curious enough to ask what that meant, was told that the beer will have Bloody Mary mix added. Is that a thing? At least a thing anywhere but rural Indiana.
Anyone tried it? I’d imagine spicy, tomato-tasting beer would be rather meh, but sometimes odd combo.s taste good.
I’ve had one, it was a Mexican brand I think and more popular there. It was okay and worth trying but I’ve not bought another since. You really have to think of it more as adding beer to tomato juice (good) than adding anything to beer (bad).
ETA: Here it is… Modelo Chelada.
I’ve never heard of it advertised that way but, yes, it’s essentially a quick version of a michelada. Use a nice, lighter style of beer for it. When I make Micheladas myself, it’s usually Clamato (or tomato or a Mexican shrimp-tomato juice), worcestershire, lime, hot sauce, and sometimes a dash of maggi. It is also common to have them without the tomato-based juice and just the other ingredients mentioned above.
The International Chili Society Cookbook gives this recipe:
http://www.chilicookoff.com/recipe/Recipe_Detail.asp?RecipeID=35
Yeah, I was going to mention that there is a similar, but simpler, drink from Texas called the Red Eye (also called simply “red beer”). No doubt it comes there via Mexico and its michelada.
Is it custom to serve the beer bottles upright in another glass and garnish with shrimp? I’ve seen that at a nearby Mexican resturant
Your basic red beer, found all over the Mid-West and first encountered by me 50 years ago in Kansas. Gross, but strangely appealing somehow.
I’m typically not a fan of weird beer mixtures, but I actually kind of like a michelada. It will never be a go-to drink for me, but the occasional one is tasty. If you like bloody marys, you should definitely give it a try.
In central Wisconsin, it’s known as a Polish Bloody Mary and is a great way to start your day while on a fishing trip.
I learned it from the brother-in-law from St. Louis, who also called it “red beer.”
It is very refreshing on a hot summer day; somehow seems colder that a glass of plain beer.
Needless to say, don’t use the best beer for it.
Budweiser markets a version of this drink, with Clamato.
I have a friend who often orders a Bud with Clam, I presume he does it to give his beer flavour.
I like Caesar’s as much as the next guy and I have been known to drink Clamato straight up (its salty, clammy, tomatoie goodness can be a lifesaver if one has gone way too hard the night before) but I don’t like Clamato in my beer.
Up here in Calgary, this has been popular for quite some time. As noted above, beer and clamato juice.
I’ve heard it called a ‘red eye’
I’m not a fan, but it’s decently popular.
Yeah, I personally find it a wonderful summer drink. The saltiness of the tomato/clamato juice or even just straight Worcestershire is very refreshing during those sweaty July and August afternoons, especially when cut with the fruity sourness of lime juice. I like mine with something like Pacifico or Modelo, but the mass American light lagers work well, too.
Two liquids that were just made for each other.
In Hell.
Oh, yes, it’s a thing. I learned about red beers at least 35 years ago in Montana. Seems they take their red beers seriously up there:
Montana Bartender Shot, Dog Killed after Irate Customer Served Clamato Instead of Tomato Juice
If someone served me Clamato instead of tomato juice, I’d shoot the sonofabitch too!
Strange coincidence: I’m drinking a beer and Clamato juice right now! It’s extra spicy Clamato juice and it mixes great with beer.
I had something lime this with tequila in it the other day.
It wasn’t specifically too good.
This is why Canada will never be a World Power™.