Happy Hour Drink Recipe: Beer Margaritas
While the calendar may indicate that the season in fact is fall once we pass Labor Day, I don't believe most people really are ready for it until at least September 15. That's why I was completely disgruntled this morning when I stopped at Starbucks and found that not only had they done away with the essential Fruit Cobbler Bar (apparently now out of season...), but they were advertising Pumpkin Spice Lattes! Later, with my iced (ahem) mocha in hand, it seemed that fall themes were practically jumping off the internet at me. Fall leaves in website mastheads, an apple cider ice cream recipe in my daily Serious Eats newsletter. Well, I say "No!" to it all (though I will save the cider ice cream recipe for future use...).
And so, to help us all linger on summer a bit longer, I give you this refreshing combination of beer and tequila (indeed!):
Beer Margaritas
Ingredients:
1 (12-ounce) can frozen limeade concentrate
12 ounces tequila
12 ounces water
12 ounces beer
Ice
1 lime, cut into wedges
Directions:
1. Pour limeade, tequila, water, and beer into a large pitcher. Stir until well-blended and limeade has melted.
2. Add plenty of ice, taste, and adjust with additional water, if needed.
3. Pour into margarita glasses and garnish with lime wedges. Enjoy immediately.
Serves 6.
Recipe from Big Surprise on Allrecipes.com.
--KitchenMaus
kristina on September 04, 2008 at 01:49 AM
sounds disgusting, I know. Beer? In a margarita?
But, I've had them before, and I can honestly say it's the best margarita I've ever had!
Thomas on September 04, 2008 at 07:46 AM
It sounds like a riff on the German Radler.
Cheryl Drury on September 07, 2008 at 01:30 PM
Down here we replace the water with a can of Sprite and call it Lake Martin Lemonade. (After the lake near Auburn, Alabama, where a lot of these are consumed.) Use Diet Sprite if you're on a diet!