Chef John's "Sunset" Michelada

Name: Chef John's "Sunset" Michelada
Total time: 5
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 2 pints sweet cherry tomatoes; ¼ cup chopped celery; ¼ cup chopped red bell pepper; salt and ground black pepper to taste; ½ teaspoon flake sea salt (such as Maldon®); 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper; 1 pinch dried red chile pepper; 1 lime, halved; ice cubes; ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; ½ teaspoon hot pepper sauce; ⅛ teaspoon soy sauce; 1/4 cup homemade vegetable juice; ½ (12 fluid ounce) bottle ice-cold Mexican lager

Recipe by John Mitzewich from allrecipes.com

Drink 5 Mins.

Ingredients

1 servings

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2 pints sweet cherry tomatoes
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¼ cup chopped celery
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¼ cup chopped red bell pepper
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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½ teaspoon flake sea salt (such as Maldon®)
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1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
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1 pinch dried red chile pepper

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1 lime, halved
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ice cubes
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½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
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½ teaspoon hot pepper sauce
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⅛ teaspoon soy sauce
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1/4 cup homemade vegetable juice
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½ (12 fluid ounce) bottle ice-cold Mexican lager

Instructions

Place cherry tomatoes, celery, and red bell pepper into a blender. Pulse a few times to get mixture moving. Blend on high until mixture has liquefied, a few more seconds. Place strainer over a bowl and strain mixture to remove seeds and skins. Push mixture through strainer with a spatula to extract the liquid. Season with salt and pepper.
Sprinkle flake salt, black pepper, and chili pepper on a small plate. Rub rim of a glass with cut surface of a lime. Invert glass and dip rim into salt mixture.
Fill glass with ice and add Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and soy sauce. Pour in the vegetable juice and juice of 1/2 lime. Fill the glass 3/4 of the way with ice-cold beer. Stir. Top off with more beer. Garnish with lime slice.