🍻🍋 Beer Margaritas make every summer celebration taste a little better! Quick, easy, and refreshing, this beverage is my go-to adult beverage for every summer gathering and celebration. With Corona, tequila, triple sec, lime juice, agave, and a sugared (or salted) rim, they’re always a hit! Cheers to beer-garitas!
Easy Beer Margarita Recipe
Most beer margarita recipes lean on frozen limeade concentrate as a shortcut, but this beerita uses freshly squeezed lime juice and agave instead. And you can taste the difference! The result is not sweet, not too intense, just crisp, cold, and refreshing.
I make the recipe by the pitcher, which conveniently serves a group, making enough for anywhere between 4 and 6 people, depending on glass size and thirst level. If you’re making beer margaritas for a backyard get-together or event, it’s so convenient because you don’t need to get up every time someone needs a refill to make another drink.
Prepare several pitchers for Cinco de Mayo, and pair them with carne asada tacos, baked tortilla chips, spicy chorizo queso, and loaded guacamole nachos for the ultimate fiesta!
Love Margaritas? Make This Recipe!
If using Corona beer in a margarita isn’t for you or you just love a classic margarita, try my homemade lime margaritas recipe instead. It uses just 3 ingredients, and there are no artificial colors or flavors!
Ingredients You’ll Need
Never made a margarita with Corona? Trust me, this beer cocktail is good!
For this super easy pitcher cocktail recipe, you’ll need the following ingredients:
- Clear tequila: Up the amount of tequila from 6 to 8 ounces for a stiffer cocktail
- Triple sec
- Fresh squeezed lime juice
- Agave syrup or nectar (or simple syrup): For those of us like myself who don’t like overly sweet drinks and may want to reduce the sweetness in a beer margarita, you can reduce the agave by half if desired
- Cold beer: I find that Mexican-style beer is the best beer for this recipe. I use Corona because it’s easily and readily available. However, Dos Equis, Pacifico, Modelo, Sol, or Tecate would all be fine. I recommend bottled versus canned, but use what you prefer
- Sugar or salt, for glass rims if desired
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make a Beer Margarita
This is literally a dump-and-drink kind of cocktail recipe, which is the best kind. After all, who wants to fuss with anything complicated when the weather’s warm and you’re either entertaining or just trying to relax on a Friday evening?
Here’s how the beergarita recipe comes together:
- Add the tequila, triple sec, freshly squeezed lime juice, and agave to a pitcher and stir.
- Pour in the beer, stir gently.
- Sugar or salt the rims of your glassware if desired, add a lime wedge, and serve. Salud!
Can beer margaritas be made by the glass?
Yes, rather than making a pitcher full of beer margaritas, you can make them by the glass.
However, it’s worth noting you may “waste” some beer. If you open a bottle or can of beer and use half (6 ounces), you would then quarter all other amounts listed, i.e. 1.50 ounces of tequila rather than six. But you’ve still got the other half can or bottle of beer. Hmm.
Therefore, it would probably be easier to just halve the recipe so that you can use a normal 12-ounce size bottle or can of beer, and then halve all other amounts. This will make 2 large-ish beer margaritas and is my vote if you don’t need a pitcher.
What to Serve with a Beer Margarita
Beer Margaritas
Equipment
- 1 Large Pitcher
Ingredients
- 6 ounces tequila, I recommend white/blanco tequila
- 6 ounces lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 4 ounces triple sec
- 4 ounces agave syrup or agave nectar, simple syrup may be substituted
- 24 ounces Corona, or other Mexican beer
- sugar or salt, for glassware rims if desired
Instructions
- Add the tequila*, lime juice, triple sec, and agave** to a large pitcher*** and stir until the agave has fully mixed.
- Pour in the beer and gently stir again.
- Serve in sugar or salt-rimmed glasses over ice.
Recipe is intended for those for whom alcohol is legal and appropriate.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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