Chef John's Sunset Michelada Recipe

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.