Beer Help

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

For the second time I've seen cans of a brew called Budweiser-Clamato. What gives with that? You beer drinkers can't seriously be drinking this stuff. But it must be popular enough if Budweiser is putting it on the shelves. All I can say is Blech! mt078

[thatguy]

I saw a can of the "Light" version on the Skunk train last year...Freaked me out.



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[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Maybe it's a hispanic taste? I'm noticing a lot of spanish on the label.

[thatguy]

And the distributors are probably pushing these to move some stock (I can't imagine they sell much the rest of the year...)

According to Wikipedia:

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The Michelada is a popular Mexican alcoholic beverage of a genre known in Spanish as cerveza preparada (prepared beer) and in English as a variety of cocktail. There are several variations. In some cases it is similar to a Bloody Mary but containing beer instead of vodka, although a less complicated concoction of Mexican beer with sauces and lime juice added (see recipe below) is also referred to as a Michelada. The drink dates back to the 1940s, when mixing beer with hot sauce or salsa became popular in Mexico. In recent years, the drink has begun to become popular in the United States, and now various ready-made mixes are marketed and sold to US consumers.

Simply mixing beer with tomato juice is a popular version of cerveza preparada, but if lacking the salsa inglesa (Worcestershire sauce) or Maggi sauce, this concoction would usually not be referred as a michelada. If the Michelada has any type of hot sauce in it, in Mexico it may be called a "Michelada Cubana". The name is a double reference to both Cuba and the habanero pepper. The Habanero pepper is named after the capital of Cuba, "La Habana", and is one of the most intensely spicy peppers in the world and so this spicy drink takes its name as a strained reference to both.

Recently, major American beer produces have begun marketing cervezas preparada, illustrating the wide variety of recipes in the Chelada/ Michelada category. For example, SABMiller produces Miller Chill which is a "Chelada-style light lager with a hint of salt and lime". Going a different route, Anheuser-Busch is manufacturing Budweiser Chelada as a combination of lager, clamato, lime juice, and salt.

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[El Dingo]

Not one fucking word about 'Maggi Sauce'.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

"Beer-Drinkers" aren't drinking anything with "Budweiser" on the label, Bub.

Anchor Porter! Köstritzer! Those are real beers!

[The Queen]

IMHO, any form of Budweiser should be consumed only at midwestern baseball games and then only when A) it's over 93 degree Farenheit and B) you have already choked down a hot dog and peanuts and C) the Bud vendor gets to you before the guy selling some other form of liquid and any other drink vendor is more than four sections away. If all three conditions have not been met, then a man or woman with any taste whatsoever can certainly wait until more suitable refreshment is available.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

I hear urine is better for you...? The bad guy from "The Story of Ricky" sure seemed to think so....

[thatguy]

Or something like that...

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[Drunk Monk]

The rock med anchor brewery tour is this saturday starting at 5. It's a good warm-up for the Victory opening. Free beer. If you want to crash, show up and say "I'm one of Gene's ninjas" at the door. If they don't let you in, toss a shuriken at them.

[Drunk Monk]

The Rock Med Anchor Brewery Tour is Friday 3/19 starting at 6:30. FREE BEER! If you want to crash, show up and say "I'm one of Gene's ninjas" at the door. If they don't let you in, toss a shuriken at them.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

You are a generous man.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Wouldn't it be funnier if you got to say you were one of Gene's Genies? Come on. David Bowie rocks.

[Drunk Monk]

It would be funny if one of the Rock Med vols stumbled back with a shuriken stuck in his forehead. That's all I'm asking.

Seriously tho, if you're near Potrero hill, we OWN the place for that party. Just drop my name at the door and it's all the beer you can drink for the evening.

This is our 9th year of this event. We've been trying to drink it dry. Please help us.

[The Queen]

Wish I could pitch in, but unfortunately that's a week after my visit. Alas.