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Holy Cow this stuff is good.

The guitarist of the band I play in (www.blueiscold.com) brought over a 4-pack to last night's practice. I was totally blown away with the whole, "why didn't someone think of this years ago" question.

I can only speak for for the North Western US, but beer and tomato juice is called "red beer". I had not experienced Clamato and beer until somewhere in the late 90's.

As someone mentioned earlier, red beer seemed to be a drink more popular with older generations (I'm in my late 30's) . I remember my grandfathers and great aunts/uncles drinking red beer at family functions in the 70's and 80's. My parent's generation (now in their late 50's) seemed to turn their noses up to the old folks drinking the red beer.

I think with younger generations and our need for convenience and a disposable society, red beer is simply too much work, with all the mixing and need for a glass, etc... Now with the convenience of Chelada I could see a come-back of red beer.