Michelada Explained

Michelada
Beer:yes
Served:In a chilled, salt-rimmed glass
Garnish:Lime
Drinkware:pint

A michelada (pronounced as /es/) is a Mexican drink made with beer, lime juice, assorted sauces (often chili-based), spices, and chili peppers. It is served in a chilled, salt-rimmed glass. There are numerous variations of this beverage throughout Mexico.[1] [2]

In Mexico City, the most common form is prepared with beer, lime, salt, and particular hot sauces or chile slices. There are several other optional ingredients, such as Maggi sauce, soy sauce, Tajín, Worcestershire sauce, chamoy powder, serrano peppers, or clamato.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Origin

There are two popular versions of the origin and etymology of the michelada.

One involves a man named Michel Ésper at Club Deportivo Potosino in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. In the 1960s, Ésper began to ask for his beer with lime, salt, ice, and a straw, in a cup called "chabela", as if it were a beer lemonade (limonada).[8] Members of the club started asking for beer as "Michel's lemonade", with the name shortening over time to Michelada. As time went by, other sauces were added to the original recipe. Today, it contains the same ingredients as a chelada, but contains ice and chile powder on the rim.[9] [10]

Another etymology states that michelada is a portmanteau of mi chela helada. The word chela is a popular term for a cold beer in Mexico; therefore the phrase mi chela helada means "my ice-cold beer".[11] [12]

Commercialization

In the 2010s, major U.S. beer producers began marketing cervezas preparadas, illustrating the wide variety of recipes in the chelada/michelada category and acknowledging its popularity among the country's Latin American population, along with the increasing popularity of the drink outside of the Latin American population.

In 2007, Miller Brewing Company began producing Miller Chill, a "Chelada-style light lager with a hint of salt and lime".[13] [14] Anheuser-Busch makes Budweiser Chelada and Bud Light Chelada, a combination of lager, clamato, lime juice, and salt.[15] [16] In 2012, Tecate began offering a michelada flavored with lime and spices.[17] [18] In 2015, Cervecería Centro Americana, a Guatemalan Brewery, released a Michelada under the trade name Dorada Draft Michelada Chiltepe.[19] The beverage is spiced with chiltepe peppers, a small, fiery pepper popular in Central American cuisine.[20]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maggie Savarino . Search & Distill: Michelada Is Your Standby Beer, Only Better - Page 1 - Food - Seattle . Seattle Weekly . 2009-07-15 . 2011-01-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110104140640/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-07-15/food/michelada-is-your-standby-beer-only-better/ . 2011-01-04 . dead .
  2. Web site: Mexican companies pushing spicy beer mixes in US market . 2005-12-19 . FindArticles.com . Business Journals, Inc. . https://web.archive.org/web/20111125095530/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3469/is_51_56/ai_n16030172/?tag=content;col1 . 2011-11-25 . 2011-01-25.
  3. Web site: Micheladas Are the Summery Beer Cocktail You Should Be Drinking. Kat . Thompson . May 28, 2020 . 2021-06-17. Thrillist. en.
  4. Web site: Magazine. Sauce. Drink this michelada from Nixta. 2021-06-17. Sauce Magazine - Drink this michelada from Nixta. en.
  5. Web site: Merker. Kate. 2021-03-29. Spicy Michelada. 2021-06-17. Country Living. en-US.
  6. Web site: 2018-10-30. It's Time to Rethink Micheladas, a Complex Mexican Icon. 2021-06-17. VinePair. en-US.
  7. Web site: Femmel. Kevin. Elizarraras. Jessica. Micheladas Get Crafty: The Hangover Cure Evolves in San Antonio's Food Scene . October 17, 2017 . 2021-06-17 . San Antonio Current . en.
  8. Web site: Low Proof: The Savory South Of The Border Flavors Of The Michelada. 2014-07-01. 2023-01-06. The Chicagoist. 2018-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20180531124917/https://chicagoist.com/2014/07/01/low_proof_the_savory_south_of_the_b.php. live.
  9. News: Soul on Ice . . Carolynn . Carreno . 2003-04-27 . 2011-01-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230105085631/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-27-tm-entertaining17-story.html . 2023-01-05 . live.
  10. Web site: Micheladas: Beer with a Mexican Flavor . mexico.mx . 15 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005123/https://www.mexico.mx/en/articles/micheladas-beer-mexican-flavor . June 3, 2016 . 7 February 2018. dead.
  11. Web site: Michelada . Courtney . Bond . . May 2014 . August 6, 2019.
  12. Web site: What is a Michelada? . mambochelada.com . August 6, 2019.
  13. Web site: Flash Detect: Miller Chill: Light Lime Beer . Miller Chill . 2011-01-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111125093228/https://www.millerchill.com/Default.aspx#/100-calorie-light-beer . 2011-11-25 .
  14. Web site: 2013-11-12. Miller Chill Is Out After Frigid Sales. 2021-06-17. adage.com. en.
  15. Web site: Budweiser Chelada . Ratebeer.com . 2011-01-25.
  16. Web site: We Tried a Bunch of Canned Micheladas and Ranked Them From Undrinkable to Surprisingly OK. 2021-06-17. InsideHook. en-US.
  17. Web site: Tecate Michelada . Beeradvocate.com . 2016-04-18.
  18. Web site: 2012-08-30. Heineken launches new beers in US market. 2021-06-17. The Drinks Business. en-US.
  19. Web site: Dorada Draft Michelada, la cerveza picante. 2021-06-17. Revista Estrategia & Negocios. es-HN.
  20. Web site: Michelada Chiltepe: Una cerveza para picar . Soy502.com . 2016-04-18.

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