The Chuper michelada La Chupería. The drink's origin is the stuff of culinary urban legend. (Mariah Tauger/Los Angeles Times) The first time I experienced the revelation of a michelada cocktail, a ...

The five basic types of micheladas, from left: gomichela, michelada botanera, chelada, michelada and michelagua (Susana Sanchez / Los Angeles Times) There is no truer measure of a food’s popularity ...

The Michelada is a quintessential beer cocktail. Hell, I’d go so far as to call it the best beer cocktail. The mix of hot sauce, lime, salt, and light lager beer just works. It’s amazingly refreshing ...

Lime and salt are a gateway to michelada culture, and a crucial element to the story of the beer cocktail’s evolution across many places at once. Once a niche drink, spice-spiked micheladas are not ...

While some people think a michelada is just a bloody mary made with beer instead of vodka, fans of the famous Mexican favorite that's risen in popularity in the U.S. know there's a little more to ...

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There’s something about the heat of summer that makes the michelada more alluring. Beer is thirst quenching on its own, for the most part, and adding lime juice and salt helps get those salivary ...

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There is no truer measure of a food’s popularity than the race to modify or reinterpret it. Through that lens, the michelada rules. It is the monarch of day-drinking in Southern California and part of ...