Clamato y Cerveza?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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There is a large billboard near my house which is usually directed toward the Spanish speaking community. When I came home last night, I saw that it now features a large can of Clamato and the words “Clamato y Cerveza”.

O.K., I don’t drink beer (or Clamato), and I’m not familiar with every cultural custom. But Clamato and BEER? A quick google search reveals that apparently some people do drink this. See this page, or the very bottom of this one.

But seriously, is there anyone who thinks this is a good idea? Anyone who’s tried it? Liked it? The thought of drinking either clamato OR beer makes me shudder. The two together? I don’t even want to think about it.

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Well, as fond as UncleBeer is of Bloody Mary’s, and one would assume he likes beer, too, perhaps you should ask him.
[sub]Backatcha, UB[/sub]

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Clamato juice and beer (or tomato juice and beer, a combination I prefer) is used as a hang-over treatment on the Canadian prairies. It’s known as a “Manitoba redeye” up here.

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Where exactly does Clamato juice come from? It sounds like offal to me. Disguised with tomato juice.

Yeccchhh, no amount of beer or vodka or Worchestershire could justify that abomination!

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I think clamatos are a hybrid produced by breeding clams and tomatoes. Both are invertebrates, both are only sortof alive…

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In vancouver a redeye is a beer with a shot of tomato juice in it and a clameye is a beer with a shot of clamato juice in it.
Clamato is indeed a mixture of clam extract (juice?) and tomato juice. I have had a number of laughs at vegitrarians who i see drinking ceasers (for those who are not familiar with ceasers they are like bloody marys with clamato instead of tomato juice)

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As I’ve mentioned in this forum before, my brother-in-law, from St. Louis, introduced me over ten years ago to the yumminess of chilled V-8 juice mixed with beer.

For some reason, the combo is even more pleasurable on a hot day than chilled beer straight up. Seems colder, somehow, more refreshing. They call it “red beer” out there.

What the hell, I like clam juice. I’m up for a Clamato and beer. I’ll try the experiment and report back.

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I personally think it tastes nasty… though that may be because I can’t stand the taste of tomato in anything but ketchup and spaghetti sauce. However, whenever I go to Mexico it seems to be rather popular to drink beer with either tomato juice or clamato, especially when you’re hung over.

Kitty