Have you ever sat hungover in a restaurant eating breakfast thinking “boy could I go for a Bloody Mary right now.” I know I’m not the only person that thinks this on a regular basis or Bloody Marys’ wouldn’t exist! I’m going to try to solve a problem today. The spicy Bloody Mary mix that are premade have always been questionable and we’re here to vet out some of the popular mixes to see what you may be able to use in a pinch. That is, if you aren’t sitting hung over in a restaurant about to order one. Our review today will be helpful for making Bloody Marys’ at home.
Let’s start with your typical ingredients. Let’s see there’s tomato juice, tabasco, Worcestershire, olives, black pepper, celery, vodka, lemon and lime. These are pretty common, but we’re throwing them all out today. OK, I think I’m going to keep the celery stalk in because I like a good stalk in my bloody. We have 5 premade spicy Bloody Mary mix that are sold by various brands from Amazon. We’ve selected the 5 most affordable mixes we can find.
I’m going to give them all a taste and then review them for you today. Hopefully this helps you pick one if you’re ever in dyer need for a quick and easy Bloody Mary.
Spicy Bloody Mary Mix Ingredients
The following table lists the spicy Bloody Mary mix ingredients for each of the mixers we are taste testing for you. In no particular order here they are:
| Bloody Revolution | Water, Worcestershire Sauce, Tomato Paste, Vegetable Juice Concentrate, Cayenne Pepper Sause, Horseradish, Distilled White Vinegar, Celery Salt, Lime Juice Concentrate, Celery Seeds, Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic Powder, Sugar, Paprika, Dehydrated Garlic, Dehydrated Onion, Dried Turmeric, Cornstarch, Oleoresin Paprika, Cumin |
| Zing Zang | Tomato Puree, Vegetable Juice Blend, Distilled Vinegar, Seasoning, Worcestershire Sause, Celery, Celery Salt, Celery Seed, Black Pepper, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Pepper Sause |
| Powell & Mahoney | Filtered Water, Tomato Paste, Distilled Vinegar, Cane Sugar, Organic Gluten Free Vegan Worcestershire Sause, Horseradish, Sea Salt, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Citric Acid, Lemon Juice From Concentrate, Cayenne Pepper, Black Pepper, Horseradish Flavor, Celery Seed |
| Miss Mary’s | Water, Spice Blend, Sugar, Hot Sauce, Corn Starch, Worcestershire Sauce, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Gum Arabic, Natural Flavors, Ester Gum |
| Major Peters | Water, Tomato Paste, Horseradish, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Spice Blend, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Citric Acid, Onion Powder, Worcestershire Sauce, Extractives of Celery, Spice, Natural Flavors, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Xanthan Gum, Jalapeno |
Bloody Revolution
This one was has a good consistency and a pretty good balance of spice to tomato taste. It has a touch too much of a vinegar taste for me, which is the main reason you will see that this one wasn’t on the top of my picks.
Zing Zang
Zing Zang has an excellent consistency and very good balance of spice to tomato taste. It brings some good heat, but not too spicy. An excellent spicy Bloody Mary mix for your consideration.
Powell & Mahoney
The classic Bloody Mary mix comes with a thick tomato sauce like texture, which I did not enjoy. It’s definitely too thick. The flavors are good and there is a good balance of tomato to spice flavor, but the thickness of the drink is overwhelming in a bad way. I expect something more drinkable.
Miss Mary’s
Miss Mary’s Bloody Mary mix had a poor first impression as it has more of a brown look than red, which I guess for me was a little off putting. When I sipped it there was clearly a lower level of tomato juice in the product. The balance wasn’t good, too much spice and not enough tomato flavor for me.
Major Peters
Major Peters was surprisingly good. This was the lowest price per ounce product that I purchased so I had lower expectations of it. However, it came with a good balance and some heat. This one ranked at the top despite being more of a value product, nice work!
Summary
To start, I really enjoyed putting together this spicy Bloody Mary mix taste test for you. I hope you view my findings as valuable and gain some insight into which affordable Bloody Mary mix is best for you to buy in a pinch. Clearly nothing outweighs a good home made recipe, but sometimes you just don’t want to deal with the mess. To summarize my spicy Bloody Mary mix taste test we’ll start with the best down to the worst.
- Major Peters The Works Bloody Mary Mix
- Zing Zang Bloody Mary Mix
- Bloody Revolution Original Bloody Mary Mix
- Powell & Mahoney Classic Bloody Mary Mix
- Miss Mary’s Premium Bloody Mary Mix
We hope to see you on our next journey! Cheers.