By: Matt Banaszynski | IIAW CEO

* This article was featured in our April 2020 Wisconsin Independent Insurance Agent Magazine. Read the full April issue here. 

The Coronarita is a drink that seems to defy gravity. You would expect that, when you flip the beer upside down in your cocktail, the mixture would overflow and spill all over the place. But curiously, it all stays in place.

How the Coronarita works has to do with pressure. If you flipped a bottle of Corona upside down normally, the beer would fall out and be replaced inside the bottle by air. But, in a Coronarita, the mouth of the bottle is surrounded by liquid, which prevents air from entering the bottle. The air that is inside the bottle creates pressure that keeps the beer from spilling out into the margarita. But, when you sip on the margarita with a straw, the liquid level in the glass will go down, and the beer inside the bottle will then flow into the glass to make up for the missing liquid.

Matt's Mixology - Coronarita

Ingredients: 

• Ice cubes

• Rimming salt

• 1 1/2 oz. silver tequila

• 3 oz. lime sour mix

• 1 12 oz. bottle of Corona, Dos Equis, Pacifico, Tecate, Carta Blanca, Modelo or your favorite Mexican beer

Steps to Make It: 

1. Pour ice cubes, tequila, triple sec, and lime sour mix into a cocktail shaker.

2. Shake the mixture and strain it into a salted pint glass.

3. Quickly flip the beer upside down and place it into the drink, so it dispenses slowly as you drink your delicious Coronarita from a straw.

Whether you call it a Coronarita, a Mexican Bulldog Margarita, or a Mexican Car Crash, this tequila-inspired Mexican drink recipe is sure to be a hit with your friends and family. Though this drink is not always served in a traditional margarita glass, it still delivers on the familiar and refreshing flavors of two classic beverages. Perfect for Cinco de Mayo!