Chef John'S "Sunset" Michelada - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Vegetable Juice:
    2 pints sweet cherry tomatoes
    1/4 cup chopped celery
    1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper
    salt and ground black pepper to taste
    Michelada:
    1/2 teaspoon flake sea salt (such as Maldon(R))
    1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
    1 pinch dried red chile pepper
    1 lime, halved
    ice cubes
    1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
    1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
    1/8 teaspoon soy sauce
    1/4 cup homemade vegetable juice
    1/2 (12 fluid ounce) bottle ice-cold Mexican lager
Preparation
    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.

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