Light Beer? Why?

[z0mb1e_DUC]

If I want quality, these days I drink Hoegaarden. 

Unfortunately, at 39, my waist can't take that stuff day to day.  So I drink Mich Ultra.

[NAKID]

I typically drink Guiness from day to day or just about any type of Sam Adams...

[slowpoke13]

light beer, dark beer, low-cal beer, near beer, malt liquor... does it really matter? People like different things for different reasons. I like Icehouse. I like it when it's freakin hot out and it goes down like your sister.

They're called lawnmower beers. Whether it be light or "full flavored". They suit a purpose to the one drinking them.

[the_Journeyman]

Oddly enough, I remember looking at a chart and finding that a lot of "light" beers aren't as light as you might think.  Some are only a few calories & carbs behind the regular version.  It's worth doing the research on your light of choice compared to its full-flavored & caloried counterpart.  You might only be saving 10-15 calories a beer & 1 or 2 carbs.

JM

[OwnyTony]

If I want quality, these days I drink Hoegaarden. 

Unfortunately, at 39, my waist can't take that stuff day to day.  So I drink Mich Ultra.

Why Mich Ultra?  If memory serves me correctly, miller light has fewer or slightly more calories than mich ultra. I dont remember the calorie count of mich ultra but if memory serves me correctly (i had a couple beer as im writing this, and the beer is HITE, a Korean beer as im living here at the moment) a bottle of miller light is 95 calories.

I think mich ultra is the reason why the start of this thread, it is too light.  Not to knock you but i think if calories is the issue/reason you drink mich ultra, im saying that there are other beers with similar calorie count but with more beer taste.

[Porsche Monkey]

Back in my more colorful days I would always bring cheap beer to a party. The reason being that if I brought good beer it would be gone in no time. I've always liked the more premium beers like a good hefewiesen or a dark bock. Then I started drinking Corona. Now that I'm over 30 I drink miller high life. If I had a choice between beer and liquor I would chose a glass of chilled fine tequila on the rocks.

[ZLTFUL]

When I was in college, there were 2 things that I absolutely refused to go cheap on. Toilet paper and beer.

But honestly, today, after refining my beer palate, I have to say that even Natty Light has it's place. A great beer for bowling and pizza...

[DarkStaR]

I'm not loyal to a specific brand or type, but my buds like a decent quality beer. 

If I'm in the "great taste, less filling" mood, I'm not drinking beer anymore. That's whiskey/scotch time.

[il d00d]

Guinness only "feels" heavy.  It does OK on a comparison to other beers, calorie-wise:

Guiness Draught:  126 cals/12 oz
Heineken: 150
Corona: 148
Budweiser: 145
MGD: 143


Drinking light beer is like making love in a canoe - it's make the beast with two backsing close to water...

[Bellagio]

Being from the beer capitol of the states (no not St. Louis, Missouri) I can only order Lite, MGD, High Life, or if I feel like getting my chops busted MGD 64.  I've always been a fan of Miller Lite because you can down it if it's not frosty cold and it is a very drinkable beer (read watered down flavor).  If I'm drinking for deliciousness I'm grabbing a rocks glass and a bottle of Grand Marnier.  If I'm at the bar PBR me ASAP.

It really is just a matter of opinion, taste, and activity.  If I'm out mowing the lawn I'll grab a Lienenkugels Sunset Wheat, sushi dinner I'm having a Tsingtao, or if I'm out with the boys it's Lite or PBR.

[vwboomer]

Given my choice, I'd drink quality micro brews. Times are tougher, and I can either spend $12 on that 6 pack of Belles, or 14 on a 30pack of Busch Light. Or 12 on 1 bottle of 120 IPA  

Calories factor in as well. According to calculations, some of my own homebrews have clocked in at over 300 per pint   . Ya just can't drink 4 or 5 of those a night and make it through the door at the end of the month

[acalles]

Back in my more colorful days I would always bring cheap beer to a party.

back in the day when I partied.. I always carried a bottle of albertsons brand vodka to what ever party I went to. no one ever drank it, but, bringing somehting to the party was a ticket for beer.. so other kids show with sammy smiths out meal stouts in a cooler, or other good beers I would drink those and leave the vodka out.

that container went to like 15 parties, and was never opened. 

[the_Journeyman]

Sounds like Albertson's is similar to Aristocrat!

JM

[NvrSummer]

Call me white trash, but nuthin beats an ice cold PBR no matter the weather outside.  I could live on PBR, Guinness, and JD.  Yum.

Drinking light beer is like making love in a canoe - it's make the beast with two backsing close to water...

Now that's funny.

[NAKID]

Call me white trash,

You're white trash