Bloody Caesar

Name: Bloody Caesar
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1.5 oz Pepper Vodka; 4 oz Tomato Juice Clamato; 0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice; 2 dashes Hot Sauce; 2 dashes Worcestershire Sauce; 1 pinch Celery Salt; 1 pinch Black Pepper; Celery salt rim (garnish, optional); Celery stalk (garnish, optional); Lime wedge (garnish, optional)

Classic

Pepper vodka, Clamato and a celery-salt rim, Canada's Bloody Mary.

ClassicBrunchSavorySpicy

5 minEasyBalanced

Savory, spicy and briny. Tomato and clam give depth, pepper vodka adds a warm kick, and lime and celery salt keep it bright.

Ingredients

1.5 oz Pepper Vodka
4 oz Tomato Juice Clamato
0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice
2 dashes Hot Sauce
2 dashes Worcestershire Sauce
1 pinch Celery Salt
1 pinch Black Pepper
Celery salt rim · optional garnish
Celery stalk · optional garnish
Lime wedge · optional garnish

Method

1
Rim a highball glass with celery salt, then fill it with ice.
2
Add the vodka, Clamato, lime juice, hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce.
3
Season with celery salt and black pepper.
4
Stir gently and garnish with a celery stalk and a lime wedge.

The Story

The Caesar was created in Calgary in 1969 by Walter Chell, restaurant manager at the Calgary Inn, to mark the opening of an Italian restaurant there. He built it around clam and tomato juice, inspired by spaghetti alle vongole. It went on to become Canada's best-loved cocktail.

Glass · Highball glassGarnish · Celery salt rim, Celery stalk, Lime wedge