You say Clamato I say Clamato.
May 20th, 2009
Being from Milwaukee, I don’t support Budweiser products really. (Something about home town pride, and if you can’t find a beer you like that’s made in Wisconsin that’s sad.) So when I saw this at the local liquor store I was knocked for a loop. Beer and Clamato, really? Does Miller have something up it’s sleeve to counter this? Like the Miller Chill, Bud Lime all out war for your summer bbq-ing dollar? um probably not, because I think it’s pretty awful. I think I drank 6 of it’s illustrious 24 ounces. (And I love me the bloody mary, which I was thinking this would be sort of close to in a way.) Could this be for some sort of niche-specific market that I don’t know about? Perhaps. But I like companies that take risks, even if I don’t like the taste of it.
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Comments
Comment from Nathaniel
Time: May 20, 2009, 12:49 pm
Anna and I saw that the beer/tomato juice cocktail was popular in Casper, Wyoming… that should pretty much explain everything. Since then I’ve seen this combination referred to as a Poor Man’s Bloody Mary, but the similarities are really nil. In the end, because of the pale, watery crimson of crap lager mixed with tomato juice, we dubbed this drink Bath-tub Suicide (copyright 2008). Now if Budweiser were to buy that name off us, THAT would be a risk I like…
Comment from grborden
Time: May 20, 2009, 1:12 pm
I heard this is popular with the older crowd, so maybe I’ll eventually like it. I like Bathtub Suicide, but that sounds like a dirty shot that will knock you to the ground. Maybe if they increase the alcohol content to this that would work, and make this taste easier to take : )
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