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Mexico City Recipe: Michelada Part of the Places of a Lifetime series from Traveler magazine

Michelada is the perfect drink for a sunny day in Mexico City.

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Ingredients:

1/2 lime, preferably a key lime
Coarse salt
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
1 dash soy sauce
1 dash Tabasco sauce
1 pinch black pepper
1 dash Maggi seasoning, optional
12 ounces beer, preferably a dark Mexican beer like Negra Modelo

Directions:

Squeeze the juice from the lime and reserve. Salt the rim of a highball glass by rubbing it with the lime and dipping it in coarse salt. Fill with ice.

Add lime juice, Worcestershire, soy sauce, Tabasco, pepper, and Maggi, if desired. Pour in beer, stir, and serve, adding more beer as you sip.

Servings: Serves one.

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