In these dog days of summer, I will do anything to beat the heat. Well, almost anything.
That important caveat is a direct result of a trip I took last weekend. Driving back to town from a nearby swimming hole, with the sun scorching everything in its path, I pulled over at a convenience store in order to quench my thirst. As usual, I carefully perused the glass-enclosed cooler, hoping to find just the right beverage. Hmmm, Gatorade G2 Rain Lime?… or… wow, I haven’t had an ice-cold Yoo-Hoo in a month of Sundays. But as my eyes keep exploring the myriad offerings, I got to something that I surely thought was a mirage, or maybe just an optical illusion. It couldn’t be… could it?
I opened the case, seemingly breaking an ice crust like Ernest Shackleton’s footsteps to the south pole. What I found defied explanation. It was a beer – I recognized “Budweiser,” but it also said “Clamato” – and I know what that is too. But in the same can? As I looked around for the secret cameras to reveal this tragic scene, none appeared. This was no joke. This product actually exists.
Yes, beer + tomato/clam juice.
Who wouldn’t want to crack open a brew to find their favorite mediocre American lager accompanied by undertones of old seafood? Ahhhhhhhhh.
Seriously, has anyone tried this? Looking around on the inter-tubes, I found a beer review site that showcased comments such as these:
“Appearance: A disturbing pinkish color, like vomit pink, the appearance alone said, do not drink!”
“Somehow the brewers at Anheuser Busch managed to make one of the worst macros out there taste even worse.”
“This is plain terrible. This is otherwordly in its wretchedness. There’s a distinct vomit note, and I say that without hyperbole.”
“Oh dear god. It’s like a Bloody Mary with a can of tuna juice dropped in. Or wait, spaghettios!”
And all this can be yours for $7.99/6 pack!
If only Lemmonex was still around to knock back this cold one.
Chilling indeed.
13 responses so far ↓
1 Connie // Sep 2, 2011 at 12:52 am
Okay– not my favorite beer, but I bought these because “who couldn’t???” and I didn’t think they were have bad. I like good beer and clamato, so….
2 lauri // Sep 2, 2011 at 8:14 am
(speechless)
3 Shan // Sep 2, 2011 at 10:18 am
I tried it.
Good thing I was standing over the sink so I could spit it out immediately.
4 JT // Sep 2, 2011 at 10:22 am
Some very brave So Good readers here…
5 Brian // Sep 2, 2011 at 11:17 am
Isn’t beer + tomato juice suppose to help a hangover? I’ve seen these in stores out here in California for months if not years and assumed that was the only reason they were still around. It seems so disgusting that I never had the urge to try it.
6 JT // Sep 2, 2011 at 11:19 am
Brian, you are forgetting one crucial component: CLAM JUICE!
I’m not sure what that’s supposed to help… Chlamydia, maybe.
7 Kat // Sep 2, 2011 at 11:24 am
This has been on the market for 4-5 years now… maybe more.
8 JT // Sep 2, 2011 at 11:27 am
Kat – I wasn’t breaking news – I just couldn’t believe it existed… much less for 4-5 years.
9 Eick // Sep 2, 2011 at 11:46 am
JT, apparently you had already left our old office when I brought two of these in for people to taste test a few years ago.
It is absolutely disgusting. I mean, really, really gross.
And I love bloody mary’s and tomato juice….
10 Eick // Sep 2, 2011 at 11:48 am
I think what’s interesting is seeing these pop-up from time to time in “mainstream” supermarkets and such. For a few years they seemed to be relegated entirely to Latin markets.
11 JT // Sep 2, 2011 at 11:49 am
I must have left – b/c I would most definitely remembered that taste test.
Gross.
12 Tori // Sep 2, 2011 at 11:56 am
Those are all over the place down here in the South. I was unfortunate to try one once with someone who added tequila to them to make some odd bloody mary atrocity. Beer and tomato wasn’t that bad of a combo, but they second you taste the clam juice you realize that the only people who drink this stuff do it so they can throw up all the alcohol they drank before (so I can see how it can help a hangover)
13 Cynthia // Sep 2, 2011 at 1:46 pm
What I’d like to know is who thought that beer needed ANYTHING added to it anyway?
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