# Clamato y Cerveza? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clamato-y-cerveza/62695 "2001-04-20T17:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clamato-y-cerveza/62695/1 "2001-04-20T17:12:51Z")
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](http://www.barmeister.com/cgi-bin/drink.view.pl?drink=1341) page, or the very bottom of [this](http://donavanhall.net/sections/culture/beer/2001/lightextracts/oysterstout.html) 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. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clamato-y-cerveza/62695/2 "2001-04-20T17:24:36Z")
Well, as fond as [UncleBeer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=913) is of Bloody Mary’s, and one would assume he likes beer, too, perhaps you should ask him. [sub]Backatcha, UB[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clamato-y-cerveza/62695/3 "2001-04-20T22:13:52Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clamato-y-cerveza/62695/4 "2001-04-20T23:12:35Z")
**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! ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clamato-y-cerveza/62695/5 "2001-04-21T15:44:48Z")
I think clamatos are a hybrid produced by breeding clams and tomatoes. Both are invertebrates, both are only sortof alive… ---
**Author:** ![JasonDean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@JasonDean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JasonDean)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clamato-y-cerveza/62695/6 "2001-04-22T13:54:16Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clamato-y-cerveza/62695/7 "2001-04-23T02:04:04Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clamato-y-cerveza/62695/8 "2001-04-23T05:06:03Z")
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