Beeritas, no apologies
Limeade, lager and tequila by the pitcher. The margarita's lawless cousin.
At a Glance
Story
A proper margarita is a 2 to 1 to 1 affair, spirit to citrus to sweet, and this is not that. This is the margarita's block-party cousin, and its genius is the empty limeade can, which becomes your jigger. One can of tequila, one can of water, no measuring, no judgment. The lager brings fizz and a faint bitterness that keeps all that limeade honest.
Ingredients
- 1 × 12 oz can frozen limeade concentrate
- 12 fl oz blanco tequila
- 12 fl oz cold water
- 1 × 12 oz can lager
- 4 fl oz triple secoptional; Cointreau if you keep it
- kosher saltlime wedges and ice, for serving
Method
A pitcher drink for a hot yard and no ceremony. Everything goes in cold, the concentrate thaws as you stir and the whole thing is drinkable in ten minutes.
- Empty the limeade into a large pitcher. Refill the can with tequila and pour it in, then refill it with cold water and add that too. Pour in the lager and the triple sec if you are using it, and stir until the limeade has fully thawed and everything is one pale, fizzing whole.
- Pour salt onto a small plate. Run a lime wedge around the rim of each mug, press the rim into the salt, then fill with ice and the beerita. A squeeze of lime in each and done. If rimming glasses is more ceremony than the afternoon deserves, a pinch of salt straight into the pitcher does the same work.
For a crowd
The empty can stays your jigger no matter the crowd, so just run more pitchers, one can of tequila and one of water per limeade every time. For a proper mob, mix it in a drink dispenser or a clean cooler over a bag of ice, and salt the batch rather than rimming forty mugs.
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