Bud Light & Clamato Chelada - Anheuser-Busch

buschbeer

Ohio

2.9/5  rDev +71.6%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

24oz can
Served in a conical pint glass

A - It pours a reddish orange. The pinkish head is gone before I can really distinguish the color.

S - It smells like tomato juice.

T - It tastes like carbonated tomato juice.

M - Moderate

O - I started feeling a little hung over today and thought a bloody beer might help. I prefer to add hot sauce to this beer. Maybe I should mix this with my Ghost Scorpion?

Serving type: can

07-15-2012 16:31:02 | More by buschbeer

bumchilly25

British Columbia (Canada)

1.5/5  rDev -11.2%

05-19-2013 03:38:46 | More by bumchilly25

aLenwell

Florida

2.75/5  rDev +62.7%

05-14-2013 00:30:08 | More by aLenwell

teraflx

Arizona

1/5  rDev -40.8%

05-13-2013 16:15:01 | More by teraflx

Xzfgiimtsath

Texas

1/5  rDev -40.8%

05-10-2013 00:31:07 | More by Xzfgiimtsath

Chucker17

South Dakota

1.5/5  rDev -11.2%

05-07-2013 20:40:18 | More by Chucker17

bigbutter

Virginia

1/5  rDev -40.8%

05-07-2013 04:25:37 | More by bigbutter

rderedin

Maine

1/5  rDev -40.8%

05-05-2013 18:25:09 | More by rderedin

Norseman

Illinois

3/5  rDev +77.5%

05-04-2013 01:36:32 | More by Norseman

HarlequinBuckeye

Ohio

1/5  rDev -40.8%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

I was curious about this and picked a can up from the gas station. Got home and poured it into a pilsner glass. It looks like carbonated tomato juice. I took one gulp, swallowed, and immediately began retching and dry heaving. I kid you not, it tastes like you just vomited in your mouth and swallowed it back down. I ran straight to the bathroom thinking I was about to lose my lunch, and poured the rest down the toilet. This is the most vile concoction I've ever had in my life. Absolutely putrid. This is not just the worst beer I've ever tasted, it's the worst beverage I've ever tasted. For the life of me I can't figure out how anyone could enjoy this. But considering the fact that this has been on the market for five years, someone out there does.

Serving type: can

04-28-2013 07:21:19 | More by HarlequinBuckeye

Black_ox

Missouri

1/5  rDev -40.8%

04-28-2013 04:41:57 | More by Black_ox

Juno_Malone

Idaho

2.25/5  rDev +33.1%

04-15-2013 04:30:31 | More by Juno_Malone

mactrail

California

3.23/5  rDev +91.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I think you first have to know what Clamato tastes like, and at least moderately enjoy the stuff. That's basically what this Bud Light Chelada tastes like, with, as the label notes, "el inigualable sabor de Clamato." Since I can't really taste whether there is beer in this or not, it's a vast improvement over plain Bud Light, which is generally agreed to taste like metallic club soda.

Salty and sweet, a nice tang of something like jalapenos, and you're on your way to rehydration. I don't believe anyone has mentioned that this would be the correct beer pairing with menudo.

It does make you cringe a little when you pour this into a tumbler (not one of my Belgian beer glasses, sorry). Salmon pink with a big head that crumbles into some strangely big bubbles, and then flatness. That's why musicman575 is correct in saying it is intended to drunk from the can. More spritz that way.

Serving type: can

04-07-2013 06:14:15 | More by mactrail

BYOFB

Wisconsin

1/5  rDev -40.8%

04-02-2013 05:40:01 | More by BYOFB

DelicateDelirium

Massachusetts

1/5  rDev -40.8%

03-21-2013 03:37:55 | More by DelicateDelirium

JGargano

Connecticut

1.03/5  rDev -39.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

I for one can't imagine why this product would have ever been made. The only reason i can think of is that the high ups at Budweiser were piss drunk in the Caribbean some where and spilled there clams on the half shell into their beer and were so drunk they thought it tasted good. And in a black out stooper created this beer and marketed it before they sobered up. Shame on you Budweiser, shame on you. The beer is slightly pink with a horrendous smell think (the bottom of your tackle box in mid July) it tastes even worse; how that's possible
I don't know. I can only think it's taste comes form all the chemicals involved in keeping clam juice from spoiling. My overall opinion of this product is it's straight crap.

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2013 01:49:34 | More by JGargano

nzerbe

New York

1/5  rDev -40.8%

03-18-2013 00:53:09 | More by nzerbe

tuckerlikesbeer

Minnesota

2.25/5  rDev +33.1%

03-14-2013 02:47:49 | More by tuckerlikesbeer

TheBigBoy

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev +18.3%

02-28-2013 03:59:15 | More by TheBigBoy

Damian74Shensky

South Carolina

1/5  rDev -40.8%

02-27-2013 23:33:52 | More by Damian74Shensky

krl2112

Illinois

1/5  rDev -40.8%

02-25-2013 04:34:22 | More by krl2112

flagmantho

Washington

2.23/5  rDev +32%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Poured from 16oz pounder into a pint glass. I just tried the regular-Bud version of Chelada a few minutes ago, so we'll see if the Bud Light version is any different at all.

Appearance: hazy salmon pink, again, with a little fizzy foam that dissipates instantly. Not intriguing.

Smell: lightly sweet bloody mary mix, just like its big brother, except here there's a hint of that artificial plastic-like aroma which pervades plain ol' Bud Light. Not good at all.

Taste: kind of like the regular chelada, but lighter, more artificial and slightly less appetizing. Still, if what you are looking for is cheap beer mixed with tomato, then this will pretty much deliver.

Mouthfeel: light, lightly carbonated, bland but not completely insipid.

Overall: it's hard to wax poetic about a brew like this. Do I like it? No. Is there something here for some people? Sure. But, I will say, if you're going to go the chelada route -- do the regular Bud, not the Bud Light version.

Serving type: can

02-11-2013 19:21:10 | More by flagmantho

EricReynolds

West Virginia

1/5  rDev -40.8%

02-10-2013 16:14:14 | More by EricReynolds

UncleJimbo

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +136.7%

01-26-2013 01:04:19 | More by UncleJimbo

MichaelProcton

North Carolina

2/5  rDev +18.3%

01-19-2013 22:31:01 | More by MichaelProcton