Bud Light Chelada

Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

The aroma is unique but nothing like beer, I would say salsa and vegetal. The beer pours reddish orange with a little head that dissipates quickly. The flavor is of tomato soup, salty with vegetable character, almost no beer quality. I would say this beer has no palate, and it is the worst thing that I have ever tasted, outside of V8. Nasty.

Can. Pinkish pour with no head. Aroma and taste is tomato, clam juice, and celery salt. Like a very thin bloody mary, but with an odd tinge to it. Giving them a little credit for trying something different.

Basically beer plus tomato juice, absolutely awful, one sip and drain pour.

This is off memory alone. I felt the need to rate this one simply because it’s the worst thing that I’ve ever had. It shouldn’t qualify as beer. Aroma was that of something you fish out of the sea. Appearance gets it its only points over the minimum because it was an interesting ruby color. Any head dissipates quickly. Tastes like salt water and vomit. There’s really no further tastes, it’s just overpoweringly salty. Palate was also horrible, it left a stinging, burning, wretched aftertaste. I’m impressed that I was able to finish the whole can. I should have just poured it. There’s no way to make this good.

Bud Light & Clamato Chelada has a medium, pink head, which instantly fizzes away and an opaque red appearance, with golden splotches left on the side of the glass. The aroma is of tomato juice and a slight whiff of clam broth. Taste is of tomato juice, clam broth, lime flavor, and maybe some Bud Light. The body is medium to thick, and Bud Light Chelada finishes soupy, like a watery clam chowder. Overall, for what it is (an odd concoction), it’s pretty enjoyable. I recommend it for someone who would like to try something different. RJT

Finally got to try this...from a guy who likes it, so I didn’t have to buy it. It really resembles a watered down tomato juice drink with a bit of spices here or there, and the bud light I think really just adds some carbonation and the alcohol. It wasn’t terrible, but if I’m going to have a bloody mary this won’t be my choice.

(can 12/21/10). Cloudy pink color. Spare off white head. Light tomato juice aroma with very light spice. Flavor of the same with light citrus. Slick texture. Moderate carbonation. Spare lacing.

Grapefruitish orange pink with no head. Smells like sickly tomato juice, a touch of fake lime juice, and some tomato paste. Taste was tomato-y, spicy, and a certain tone of bile. Made me want to puke. Tastes artificial with a dash of ceyanne and tomato paste. Sickly. Bad.