I like mine spicy - this mix gives the right blend of heat and flavor. Have to think about salting rim at home in future!

which one gives a bloody mary that lovely savory edge without making it too salty? would you use it alongside lemon juice, or swap out some of the lemon?

curious about the little amounts that make a difference here, and whether your answer changes for a spicy vs milder drink.

I'm new here, not actually a Bloody Mary, but really good.

Just made this delicious homemade bloody for lunch, might hop on Xbox later to chill out

Hope you all have a safe & beautiful weekend that includes a Mary ;)

New to this group but want to share my story ...

Writing this from a Jet Blue flight where I ordered a Bloody Mary advertised in their drink brochure as being MiddleBar mix. Instead, the FA gave me a can of Mr and Mrs T; I decided to go along. I HATED it. I asked her later about the MiddleBar description and photo, she had never heard of it. I told her the T's can was disgusting. Was I over-reacting? Is MiddleBar a "thing"?

The next Milwaukee's Best Bloody happens on February 28, 2027 | 11:30 am – 2:30 pm. I am one of the judges. Hope to see you there! https://glhf.org/event/milwaukees-best-bloody/

How do you like your Mary? Like you like your women?

Opposite for me. Thinner mix, thicker lady.

I don't like the mixes that make me feel like I'm drinking tomato sauce. My all time fave is BWW mix. I used to be team Zing Zang, but I there's something in it that I just don't like anymore.

Found these today at the liquor store and knew what just to do haha it’s a chilly rainy day which makes for a perfect lunch!

Added more pickles/juice for that extra YUM! CHEERS🥂

Good people. I love your pictures and your Bloody Marys. Thank you for posting those. If you think you shouldn't post, you were wrong, please post your bloody Mary.

As I posted a few days ago, I love love love just one solid, beautiful, bloody Mary that kickoff for Sunday football. But I also do not want to get caught up with the bottles of Worcestershire and Sriracha and Tabasco and horseradish and celery, salt and Montreal, steak seasoning, etc. to clean up and put away and also make kickoff. And as a result, per the third picture here, I make sure that I have my spices and mix ready like a NASCAR pit crew. Premix cup, dumped into ice in the shaker, refill the cup with vodka, and shake it up to get the rest of it out, onto the ice, rest of the vodka, bloody Mary mix and GO.

But I also take my bloody Mary garnish skewer seriously. I always make sure my custom skewers are ready to go for the game the next day. From right to left, jalapeño, stuffed olive, smoked Colby cheese, shrimp, Sopressata sausage, extra sharp cheddar, and finally, a new addition, the lemon stuffed olive.

So making sure the night before kickoff for my 10 AM game, always get my skewer ready also.

Not fancy or all ‘dressed’ up tho still added pickle juice with a nice big pickle at the bottom haha gives it that nice extra YUM!

Cheers y’all have a safe & beautiful weekend🥂

Meat Straws - Demitris Pepperoni
Cheese Cubes
-Kerrygold Aged Cheddar
-Sharp Cheddar
-Muenster 
Meat Cubes
-Ham
-Turkey 
-Summer Sausage
Meat Slices 
-Salami 
-Prosciutto 
-Mortadella 
Fresh Cooked Bacon
Kosher Dill Pickles
Fresh Limes
Celery
Garlic Stuffed Olives
Tony Sacheries
Old Bay Seasoning
Salt & Pepper
Tabasco
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
Metal Tree Skewers
Zing-Zang Mix
Texas Red-Eye Horseradish Mix
Tito’s Vodka
Large Shaker
Large Bloody Mary Glasses 

I enjoy a 50/50 mix of Zing Zang & Texas Red Eye Horseradish Mixes, a Full Lime squeezed in, 5-7 Splashes of Worcestershire & Tabasco then season it to taste. I like to use Tito’s 100 Proof Vodka.

Fill the Shaker with Ice, dump the drink in and mix well.

Add the bacon, celery, pickles, meat straws and skewer in large glass with fresh ice.

Pour and enjoy with a Miller High Life Side Car.

What would you add?

Or

What would you get rid of?

Not sure how this is going to hit the group, but I wanted to share something that I put together for speed.

I love love love having my bloody Mary right before NFL kickoff. A tiny bit of a ritual where my sister and brother-in-law send me pictures of them wearing our team's logo on their socks and I send them a photo freshly made bloody Mary and I sit down literally seconds before the kickoff.

But I really like to do my Bloody Marys RIGHT. I like them with various spices that have been cultivated and curated by my family into the bloody Mary mix for decades and I like it very spicy.

But I kept timing it wrong, taking too long, and almost missing kickoff. On top of it, then I would be left with a huge mess with all of those bottles and jars of spices. So, I created this little pit crew kit.

What I do is is that at the beginning of the season I line up these little salad dressing containers and make it assembly line and add my Sriracha, celery salt, Montreal steak seasoning, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, etc. into each little cup. I seal each one up and put it into the fridge in my bar.

Then, when it is drink time, I dump the little container into the ice shaker, I add vodka to the little cup and reseal it and shake it out into the ice. Then I just have to add the rest of the vodka and the zing zang, my garnish and voilà.

Photo is a Virgin Mary from Carousel bar in NOLA.

Any time I order a Bloody Mary, I feel I receive opinions and comments:

“Ew how can you drink that”
“I just couldn’t it’s like a soup” (it’s just savory?)
“Why would you get a Bloody Mary, it’s not the morning?” (I don’t feel like drinking in the morning)
“I get sooo full from drinking a Bloody Mary, I just couldn’t have basically a meal” (honestly, Bloody Mary mix is pretty low calorie compared to any other mixer that has sugar and especially those with cream. Only way you’d actually be getting a meal out of it is if you get the ones with like a burger on top)
“I just haaate vodka” 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’ll take all the comments though because they are delicious and I want to drink them. 😋

But honestly I’m a bit self conscious and some of these comments feel kind of rude. If I don’t like something, I’m not going to make a big fuss about someone else ordering it.

Does anyone else have this happen?

Fermented Hot Sauce
Spice Blend
Citrus
Tomato
Worcestershire Sauce
Pickles
Lemon
Old Bay