Chelada

The optional combo of tabasco, Worcestershire sauce and Maggi seasoning is sometimes referred to as "Petroleum" (due to its color). It'll add a spicy umami bomb to your Chelada- or more accurately, your Chelada con Petróleo.

Feel free to experiment with other spices to truly make this your own. For instance, you can add cayenne pepper, or replace the Tabasco for your favorite hot sauce.

Cheladas are usually made with a light lager (if Mexican lagers are available to you, that's a plus!). The recipe should still work with other types of beer, but your mileage may vary.

If you don't have access to tajín, you can add other mixtures to the rim: Celery salt, cayenne pepper, pepper flakes, etc.

While the origins of such cocktail are hard to trace, it is generally agreed that Cheladas come from México, and started showing up in bars sometime in the 1950s. It's likely that its invention is tied to the introduction of fridges and coolers, which became more widely available in México during that time.

The origins of the word are debated, but one possible explanation could be tied to the mayan word for blue: Chel. In México, this word was associated with white people due to their eye color, and eventually, as white people generally had blond hair, it morphed into a word to describe someone with a fair complexion- Chelo or Chela (male and female, respectively).

Chela is a word that, to this day, is used as jargon for beer in many Latin American countries. This is possibly due to the fact that some beers are described as "blonde". It could also be tied to marketing, where in some instances said beers were touted as "the blonde that everybody wants".

Assuming that Chela was a word that already existed in the lexicon, it's not hard to then make the jump to Chelada, which would be describing a Chilled Beer (Cerveza Helada, which becomes Chela Helada, and then shortened to Chelada). Note that prior to this time, beer was generally drunk at room temperature, so it makes sense that we are specifically calling out for a chilled beer!