[TheMentat]

It's strange, no doubt.

Unfortunately, the Mott's Clamato that you probably bought is mass-produced garbage. You Americans are fortunate to have a cottage industry of sorts that produces all sorts of high quality Bloody Mary mixers. Conversely, Mott's has enjoyed a virtual monopoly in mixers for the the Canadian variant, the Caesar, and the quality suffers because of it. Only recently have other alternatives come about.