Budweiser Chelada

[SoulAssassin]

So I'm driving around today (Sunday afternoon around 2pm) and I'm sitting at a red light not really paying any attention and the guy in the passenger seat to the left of me starts drinking a beer. Now I'm not a super drinking nazi so I'm not going to harass him for drinking in the car (actually in DE it's legal for the passenger to have an open container or so the rumors go) but what caught my eye was the actual beer that he was drinking. I thought it's said Bud Light + Tomato Juice on it and I literally couldn't believe my eyes. The g/f driving w me didn't see it before the light changed and I swore I hallucinated it. Lo and behold I get home later and google it and it's even worse than I thought.

It's called Budweiser Chelada and it's not just Bud Light + Tomato it has clam juice in it as well. What the fuck kind of shit is that? Who the hell drinks this stuff? Not only is it the most vile combination I could think of (well, add spoiled milk to the mix and it might taste a little worse) but it only comes in 24oz cans so you're making one helluva commitment when you open one of these things.

Reviews:

http://miasmaticreview.mu.nu/archives/257157.php
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/29/37424
http://cruftbox.com/blog/archives/001429.html

 

[BillGates]

I think it an Hispanic thing. I give it a fail rating of 100%.

 

[nboy22]

Yeah... I bought one of those for my girlfriend once.. I actually thought that it was going to be something that clamato made that was to include lime, salt, and beer like a regular chelada drink. Instead it turned out to be the most disgusting drink I've ever had. Beer and TOMATO juice? c'mon.. how does that shit even sell enough to stay on the shelves? Fucking Disgusting.

 

[Lola]

I have seen that at my local wine/beer store and am rather intrigued by it. I will not knock it until I try it, so, I am open to the taste, no matter how odd it might sound.

 

[Carbo]

RP

 

[maziwanka]

similar to a bloody mary with beer instead of vodka. had one in beijing using tsingtao at the st. regis. f-ing delicious.

i hate bud light, so i don't know how i would find this drink.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: Lola
I have seen that at my local wine/beer store and am rather intrigued by it. I will not knock it until I try it, so, I am open to the taste, no matter how odd it might sound.

I think you should try it and report back.

 

[Lola]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Originally posted by: Lola
I have seen that at my local wine/beer store and am rather intrigued by it. I will not knock it until I try it, so, I am open to the taste, no matter how odd it might sound.

I think you should try it and report back.

Next time I see it, I will try it. I think it will be rather tasty as I love Bloody Mary's with Clamato juice instead of regular tomato juice mix.

 

[sjwaste]

I've tried it. It's absolutely disgusting and undrinkable by any of my friends.

I saw it at 7-11 and thought it was kinda funny, so I bought it. A bunch of friends came over before we went out, so I opened it and poured it into a glass to get a good look at it. It's a pale red concoction with the smell of (you guessed it) stale beer and tomatoes. One sip and I poured out my glass. One other person tried it, spit it out. We tossed the rest. It tastes just like it smells, and that is not good.

And we love cheap beer, by the way, so its not snobbery on this one. It's just gross.

 

[Duddy]

Originally posted by: BillGates
I think it an Hispanic thing. I give it a fail rating of 100%.

But it's Color is CERTIFIED!!!

 

[Zim Hosein]

Now I definitely have to try this "beer" SoulAssassin!

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Now I definitely have to try this "beer" SoulAssassin!

Seriously, dont. I'm a lover of the cheap stuff, including most varieties of malt liquor, but this stuff was just unfathomably bad. The only thing that could've possibly made it worse is if it had a little more tomato texture. In all honesty, the only remotely positive thing to be said is that it doesnt have the consistency of tomato juice. That and it didn't have any "notes" of clam in its "flavor profile."

It's so bad I wouldn't even suggest it as a novelty item

 

[SunnyD]

Just reading the description makes me want to puke. *barf*

 

[Miklebud]

Ew. No thanks. I'm happy to report, I've never even seen a can in MA before.

 

[Saulbadguy]

Anytime that I go to a bar that only serves pisswater (American macrobrews) I get em with tomato juice. Then it doesn't taste that bad.

 

[buck]

:thumbsup:

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Just reading the description makes me want to puke. *barf*

 

[loup garou]

I've tried it. It's as bad as it sounds. The scary part is the reason it's bad is the nasty thin tomato product that's added to it. It tastes nothing like tomato juice.

 

[BornStar]

I've had just Molson and plain tomato juice and it's pretty good. My in-laws call it a red-eye. Whenever I was at my wife's grandparent's house over in Canada we'd have a couple of these every morning.

edit: As a side note, we mixed this ourselves with homemade tomato juice. We didn't get it directly from a can which I would imagine would not be nearly as good.

 

[Josh123]

I've had one and it tasted like I was drinking hot sauce. I was told a lot of hispanics drink them though.

 

[Chrono]

I've tried this drink before but it was called a "Michelada" instead. I had it from a bar/cigar lounge in the City I live in named Havanna House. I hate it to be honest. My g/f's friend loves it though, YUCK.

 

[Mr Pickles]

Originally posted by: Lola

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Originally posted by: Lola
I have seen that at my local wine/beer store and am rather intrigued by it. I will not knock it until I try it, so, I am open to the taste, no matter how odd it might sound.

I think you should try it and report back.

Next time I see it, I will try it. I think it will be rather tasty as I love Bloody Mary's with Clamato juice instead of regular tomato juice mix.

I don't think it'd be that bad. I haven't seen it around, let us know how it goes when you do. On hot football tailgating days I really enjoy drinking bloody mary beers. Just beer and bloody marry mix with ice, nothing cool like clam juice.

 

[adairusmc]

Bud Light + Tomato Juice + Clam Juice = Epic Fail

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Mr Pickles

Originally posted by: Lola

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Originally posted by: Lola
I have seen that at my local wine/beer store and am rather intrigued by it. I will not knock it until I try it, so, I am open to the taste, no matter how odd it might sound.

I think you should try it and report back.

Next time I see it, I will try it. I think it will be rather tasty as I love Bloody Mary's with Clamato juice instead of regular tomato juice mix.

I don't think it'd be that bad. I haven't seen it around, let us know how it goes when you do. On hot football tailgating days I really enjoy drinking bloody mary beers. Just beer and bloody marry mix with ice, nothing cool like clam juice.

Tomato juice is good. The tomato product in this stuff is not. Trust me.

 

[MetalMat]

Its a mexican thing, they sell quite a bit of that stuff in houston. It is very very disgusting in my opinion.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
Anytime that I go to a bar that only serves pisswater (American macrobrews) I get em with tomato juice. Then it doesn't taste that bad.

that's why you should probably stick to opera houses and those fruity wine only places.

Leave the men to drink beer and not cry when they don't have Stella or whatever.