{"id":1791,"date":"2009-01-08T23:49:26","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T09:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2023-09-09T12:05:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T22:05:35","slug":"bud-light-clamato-chelada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/08\/bud-light-clamato-chelada\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Bud Light &#038; Clamato Chelada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/budlightchela.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/budlightchela.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/budlightchela.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/budlightchela.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/budlightchela.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/budlightchela.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/budlightchela.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bud Light presents Real Men of Genius<\/p>\n<p>(Real Men of Genius)<\/p>\n<p>Today we salute you, Mr. Bud Light &#038; Clamato Chelada Inventor.<\/p>\n<p>(Mr. Bud Light &#038; Clamato Chelada Inventor)<\/p>\n<p>Combining the watery goodness of Bud Light with the tomato clam juiciness of Clamato is usually only done by mad scientists and really, really, really, really, really drunk people.  You also added salt and lime, but those don&#8217;t help the fact that you probably created the most ghetto bloody mary ever.  Dr. Frankenstein used scavenged body parts to create his monster, but your hodgepodge creation would probably make him squirm. <\/p>\n<p>(I ain&#8217;t going to drink that!)<\/p>\n<p>Those who have balls big enough to drink it may not be able to smell and taste the clams or the beer, but the tomato is there punching their senses with a salty tomato soup look, smell and taste that only hobos can love.  It&#8217;s somewhat tolerable, didn&#8217;t make me gag too much and I might&#8217;ve been able to nurse it until it was gone, except you weren&#8217;t kind enough to put it in a regular 12-ounce can.<\/p>\n<p>Oh no.  <\/p>\n<p>Instead you decided to put your clammy concoction in a huge 24-ounce aluminum jug, making it impossible to finish without it getting warm, which makes the Chelada feel like someone rinsed their mouth with it and spit it back into the can.<\/p>\n<p>(You sadistic bastard!)<\/p>\n<p>So crack open an ice cold Bud Light, Champion of the Clamato and Backer of the Bud Light, because you&#8217;re going to find out if it mixes well with Grey Poupon.<\/p>\n<p>(Mr. Bud Light &#038; Clamato Chelada Inventor)<\/p>\n<p><small>(Nutrition Facts &#8211; 12 ounces &#8211; 151 calories, 0 grams of fat, 15.6 grams of carbohydrates, 1.9 grams of protein, and 4.2% alcohol\/volume.)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b>  Bud Light &#038; Clamato Chelada<br \/>\n<b>Price:<\/b>  $2.49<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b>  24 ounces<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b>  Wal-Mart<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b>  1 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b>  Didn&#8217;t make me gag too much.  It contains alcohol.  Bud Light Real Men of Genius ads.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b>  Tomato punching your senses.  Mixing Bud Light &#038; Clamato.  It comes in a 24-ounce can.  Tastes much worse when warm.  Would make Dr. Frankenstein squirm.  Bud Light mixed with Grey Poupon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bud Light presents Real Men of Genius (Real Men of Genius) Today we salute you, Mr. Bud Light &#038; Clamato Chelada Inventor. (Mr. Bud Light &#038; Clamato Chelada Inventor) Combining the watery goodness of Bud Light with the tomato clam juiciness of Clamato is usually only done by mad scientists and really, really, really, really, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1613],"class_list":["post-1791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-alcohol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14910,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/28\/review-bud-light-lime-straw-ber-rita\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita","author":"Jeff","date":"May 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Now I know what urine tastes like from that magical flying ugly dog\/dragon-thing in The Neverending Story. 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