# Bud Light and Clamato??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798 "2008-03-02T02:01:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/21 "2008-03-02T17:12:42Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] What a horrible suggestion! Spoiling good Clamato with Bud! Now Clamato with Blue or Pils, that’s something else. [/QUOTE] I’m sorry but the words good and Calmato do not go together. Therefore I must reject your post totally. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/22 "2008-03-02T17:24:50Z")
I have a can of Clamato energy drink and a bag of Clamato chips sitting in my kitchen (don’t ask, I’m not gonna try either one), so this doesn’t really surprise me. Gross me out, yes, but surprise me, no. Which kind of buzz is worse-- Clamato alcohol, or Clamato caffeine? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/23 "2008-03-02T17:51:21Z")
This reminds me of a story that happened to a friend of mine. On the European leg of a tour (R\*\*'s a sound man), they stayed in Edinburgh for nearly a week. He hit Cadenhead’s, on the Royal Mile, just about every day, sampling dozens of single malts in a quest to find the ultimate whisky. At the end of the week, he bought a bottle which he kept hidden for the rest of the European end of the tour. Back in Toronto - two week hiatus until the North American tour. He samples this whisky maybe once or twice, but it’s exactly what he remembers. The North American tour is about 6 months, and when it’s over, it’s about a week before he remembers about that bottle of single malt. Searches, can’t find it. He says to his wife “G\*\*\*\*, have you seen that bottle of whisky I brought back from Scotland?” “Oh, that.” she says, “well, one night, my sister and a few of the girls came over late, and after we finished the beer, we were looking for something else and we got into that” R\*\* is just about to say “That’s okay, honey, as long as someone appreciated it” when his wife finishes with “but I have to tell you, honey, that stuff tasted terrible. We couldn’t drink it until someone went to the 7-11 and got some Dr. Pepper to mix it with” They’re still together, but it was a near thing for a couple of days Why would anyone want to waste perfectly good beer by mixing it with Clamato? Why would anyone want to waste perfectly good Clamato by mixing it with Bud? In my world, if it isn’t worth drinking on its own, it isn’t worth drinking. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/24 "2008-03-02T18:00:40Z")
[QUOTE=Le Ministre de l’au-delà] R\*\* is just about to say “That’s okay, honey, as long as someone appreciated it” when his wife finishes with “but I have to tell you, honey, that stuff tasted terrible. We couldn’t drink it until someone went to the 7-11 and got some Dr. Pepper to mix it with” [/QUOTE] That’s horrible. Just horrible. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/25 "2008-03-02T18:05:43Z")
If they could go to the 7-11, why couldn’t they pick up shit beer too, instead of drinking the whiskey? Finally, gross. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/26 "2008-03-02T18:37:32Z")
[QUOTE=ZebraShaSha] If they could go to the 7-11, why couldn’t they pick up shit beer too, instead of drinking the whiskey? Finally, gross. [/QUOTE] Gross, indeed. Up here in Ontario, beer and wine are only available from the Beer Store, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario or certain Ontario wines from large grocery stores with restricted hours. Other provinces have different systems, but Ontario’s is particularly old fashioned. I remember in the '80s going to one of the truly old style liquor stores where none of the merchandise was on display - you filled out a form, paid for your plonk, and someone fetched it from the back, so you couldn’t be tempted into drinking from the sight of all those bottles. I love it here, but we still have a few things that are hard to explain to people who don’t live here. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/27 "2008-03-02T18:51:28Z")
…Bet it would make a good Manhattan clam chowder. I’m going to have try this new ambrosia. Haven’t seen it in the stores? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/28 "2008-03-02T19:23:59Z")
I posted about this four or five years ago, when we moved from Ontario to Alberta, and I saw people ordering pints of beer with a small glass of tomato/clamato juice on the side. [Here’s the link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=218136) to my old thread. FTR, I don’t like the idea of mixing the two. Clamato or tomato juice doesn’t matter, I still take my beer straight. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/29 "2008-03-02T19:27:29Z")
[QUOTE=devilsknew] …Bet it would make a good Manhattan clam chowder. I’m going to have try this new ambrosia. Haven’t seen it in the stores? [/QUOTE] Buy Mott’s Clamato juice (spicy is best) and crappy beer. I drink it all the time. Then again, I’m one of those furriners. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/30 "2008-03-07T21:11:52Z")
We had a customer a couple weeks ago at the bar order a Black and Tan but instead of Smithwicks on the bottom, she subbed orange juice. Geri the bartneder died a little inside as she poured it and we all peekd through the curtains to see if it was actually consumed. She ordered two more. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/31 "2008-03-07T21:51:29Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] Maybe it’s Bud’s attempt to re-imagine the Montana Mary? Perhaps they could call it it the _Mollusk_ Mary… [/QUOTE] I’m from Montana. What the hell is a Montana Mary? When I was growing up, a lot of people drank “red beer” – beer and tomato juice – but I hadn’t heard of Clamato beer until a trip to Boston in the mid-90s. I wouldn’t drink it on a bet. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/32 "2008-03-07T21:56:13Z")
[QUOTE=hekk] They had both Bud and Bud light versions. Is this something Canadians would enjoy? [/QUOTE] Does not compute. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/33 "2008-03-07T22:37:49Z")
Man, this thread is making me crave one of my dad’s bloody marys. Clamato, gin, Worschester, Tobasco, and one whole lemon, garnished liberally with garlic salt. Best fucking cocktail I’ve ever tasted. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/34 "2008-03-07T22:45:21Z")
Non-canuck Clamato addict chiming in. I lurves me some Clamato. I love beer (though not really Bud or Bud light). My father got me a can of this as a gag, knowing it will probably be gross. Let me break it down for you guys: Clamato is the nectar of the gods. Beer is fucking fantastic, especially in excess. “Budamato” is what’s left in the toilet after having to take a liquid power dump from drinking Clamato and beer until 4am. Plus salt and lime. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798/35 "2008-03-07T22:49:00Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Man, this thread is making me crave one of my dad’s bloody marys. Clamato, gin, Worschester, Tobasco, and one whole lemon, garnished liberally with garlic salt. Best fucking cocktail I’ve ever tasted. [/QUOTE] You’re _supposed_ to have a Bloody Mary with a beer back. NOT mix the two. I’ve never understood it, but have seen it every so often. I saw the Bud + Clamato thing the first time a month or two ago. Yuck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-light-and-clamato/439798.md?page=1)