Dad's Killer Beergaritas are a thirst-quenching mix of beer and margaritas. My Dad's famous summer drink recipe!
This recipe is NOT gluten free.
You guys…I got it! Dad’s Killer Beergarita recipe!
Wow, I totally just felt like a 17 year old calling all her friends after raiding her parent’s liquor cabinet. Not that I ever did that or anything. Cough.
Anyway! Beergaritas are one of my Dad’s specialties and are the ultimate refreshing summer drink.
Lime-flavored light beer is spiked with a shot of tequila and triple sec, lightly sweetened with Rose’s lime juice and limeade, then topped off with freshly squeezed lime juice. These babies are KILLER!!
My Dad cooks and mixes drinks a lot like me – add a pinch of this, a dash of that – but I asked him to try his very best to measure and write the recipe down the next time he made a batch, and he totally pulled through.
Plus he was pretty jazzed about the prospect of his recipe appearing on the site. Go Dad, go! ;)
My recipe? On the blog? Could it be?!
Per Dad’s instructions: For one Beergarita, pour 1 cold Miller Chill inside a large glass. You could use Bud Light Lime, or a regular beer for that matter, but Miller Chill tastes the absolute best.
Add 1 shot each Tequila and Triple Sec into the glass next.
Next, add 1/2 shot Rose’s Sweetened Lime Juice, which you get right by the margarita stuff in the store.
I don’t love the idea of adding sugar to my beergarita, but in the grand scheme of things, it is a whole lot less than if I was drinking a straight up margarita, or even Bud Light’s new lime-a-rita stuff, which is so sweet it kind of hurts my teeth!
Add 1 Tablespoon thawed Limeade next. Again – the whole sugar thing, I know, but it’s just 1 Tablespoon.
Finish ‘er up with the juice of 1/2 lime and some ice!
Ready, set, refresh!
These are sooo delicious! Rather than the sickeningly sweet flavor of a standard margarita, these beergaritas have just a hint of sweet, and a whole lot of tart and fizz from the lime and light beer.
You could run a lime wedge around the rim of the glass, then dip it in course salt before adding your beergarita ingredients, or go without and snack on some lightly salted peanuts instead, which is how I usually roll.
Dad's Killer Beergaritas
Ingredients
- 1 Miller Chill, or Bud Light Lime, or any light beer
- 1 shot tequila
- 1 shot triple sec
- 1/2 shot Rose's Sweetened Lime Juice
- 1 Tablespoon frozen Limeade concentrate, thawed
- 1/2 lime
- ice
Directions
- Combine all ingredients together in a large glass.
- Mix, then add ice.
Notes
- This recipe is NOT gluten free!
Nutrition
Nutritional values are estimates only. Please read our full nutrition information disclaimer.
I’ve been trying to find the chill and haven’t had any luck. Are they still available there?
This post was written in 2012, so they may have done away with them by now. Bud Light Lime will give you the same flavor!
These were great. Drank them during the Superbowl today. Used the lemonade concentrate rather than the limeade cuz the store was out. Real tasty. Now i have a new drink!
You made the news! Your delicious recipe was included in:
National Margarita Day: Raise Your Glass for America’s Popular Tequila Cocktail
Cheers!
Jace Shoemaker-Galloway
The Queen of Holidays
These are almost but not quite what we drank in college at the Longhorn in Grinnell. Any connections?
WOW! These were great. Drank them during the Superbowl today. Used the lemonade concentrate rather than the limeade cuz the store was out. Real tasty. Now i have a new drink!
I made these for girls’ night last night and we really enjoyed them! Very lit and refreshing!
And by lit I mean light…ugh.
I’ve heard of margaritas made with beer but I’ve never gone there; I am a bit of a stickler about mine, even insisting on fresh citrus, good tequila and orange liqueur in lieu of Triple Sec.
BUT…these actually look fun and I know my daughter and her friends would down them in a heartbeat (wait, that’s a problem isn’t it…OK, hand over the keys; let’s pretend you’re back in college!).
I love the part about your Dad. We are in reverse roles; I’m the mom doing the blog, my kids are the ones surprised when I include them. :)
Sounds delicious! My family does something called summer beer! It’s really simple all you do
Is take your favorite domestic light beer like bud light. You will need three beers, empty them into a pitcher. Next take a can of minute maid frozen lemonade and empty that Into your pitcher. Add one can of water as well as one can of your favorite vodka. Mix and serve over ice. Voila! Summer beer!
I love your page! I also love that my name is Kristin, your name is Kristin, I’m an Iowa girl and you’re an Iowa girl! Of course, now I’m in North Carolina, but I’m Iowan born and raised!
Yum!Second night in a row with these bad boys. I posted these on facebook (gave credit to your site) Hope that’s ok. Love the blog, just found it last week through Skinny Runner.
I do a similar one, but make a whole pitcher at once and then pour.
One can limeade
One 12 oz can of sprite
One 12 oz can of beer (any kind)
Using the limeade can, fill about halfway with tequila and another 1/4 of the way with triple sec.
Mix and add LOTS of ice, garnish with lime. SOOOO tasty!
These sound delicious! The recipe is really similar to my mom’s margarita slushies: instead of beer, she adds lemon lime soda, and she dumps 10-20 servings in a tub to freeze. Since there’s a lot of booze, it doesn’t harden but becomes a slushie! So good!
P.S. Those Bud Light lime-a-ritas really do suck! Something like 200 calories for that teeny tiny can? I’m sure it all comes from the sugar too!
love beergaritas… can’t wait to try this recipe!!!!