Yeah probably hundreds of breweries in the US have stuff that will blow your mind over your duvels and saisons and strong ales, etc. You guys have good stuff but nothing we haven't improved upon.
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Why do Americans love light beers?
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Yeah probably hundreds of breweries in the US have stuff that will blow your mind over your duvels and saisons and strong ales, etc. You guys have good stuff but nothing we haven't improved upon.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Fewer calories. A bit watered down. Meaning you can down a couple with the boys, some cold ones, if you will, and enjoy yourself. You won't drink two or three and be hammered.
That being said, I'm a Blue Moon guy myself.
That being said, I'm a Blue Moon guy myself.
ChamplooJones
Formerly Momotaro
Light beer is trash. That said, if I'm hanging out with family or friends and all they have is light beer I'll manage.
Kayo Police
Member
Wait which is more popular in the US? Coors/Miller or Bud and its elk.
fluffydelusions
Member
Bud I'd say
Probably bud by a country mile.
SolarMystic
Member
Marketing.
Price makes no sense when there is cheap regular beer available. It's still shit, just not as shit.
Real beer is not expensive in America.
Price makes no sense when there is cheap regular beer available. It's still shit, just not as shit.
Real beer is not expensive in America.
Miller Lite is the best tasting, Bud Light is the best selling due to ads.
Also, Miller Lite is 96 calories a can. Craft beer is like eating a candy bar per can. Pretty much the only reason I drink it.
It has the best calorie to alcohol content ratio for beer. At least that's why people in southern California drink it, to preserve their beach bodies and not bloat. It's like drinking water and beer at the same time. So hard to get a good craft beer when I visit.
fluffydelusions
Member
Currently drinking one of these
Coors light is infinitely better than Miller but to each their own.
Uh, lagunitas is literally everywhere in socal and it's fucking delicious.
Doctor_Thomas
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Blue Ribbon isn't readily available here, but a few places have started doing it on tap and it's my go to if it's available otherwise Hop House 13 is my standard because, being made by Guinness, it's available anywhere Guinness is available.
Anyway, light beer... I'm not sure why light beer is such a big thing in the US, Coors Light is really the only one that really sells here. I think our tastes here are very much, generally, larger and stout - Guinness, Tennents and Harp are pretty much go to anywhere, Carlsberg sells pretty well, Heineken is pretty much standard fare in our main concert venue... cider like Strongbow and Kopparberg are also a big deal.
Northern Ireland also has like 30 different breweries. I'm big into Yardsman IPA if it's about.
Rushersauce
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Come to Chile.
Mango Positive
Member
The US is actually home to the very finest beers on earth. Yes, I've had the Westvleteren 12.
Mango Positive
Member
It's everywhere everywhere now. They're 100% owned by Heineken now.
fluffydelusions
Member
Cheap beer like bud and coors aren't the only thing we have.
Bud Light. There's nothing like going into a Walmart and seeing blue Bud Light boxes for as far as the eye can see. Especially in the South.
Hellsing321
Member
Yeah if you buy local you can get beer that tastes good for not much more than the macro brews. I can buy a 12 pack of Surly for $13 at the liqour down the street.
Hmm, you live in northeast? I think I know the store Lol
St Bernardus Abt 12 is almost as good, but a lot cheaper. Same recipe. Did a few tastings over the years between the two, the W12 is a bit more complex and the Abt 12 is a bit more bubbly, but I usually end up getting the Abt 12 for myself because it's so much cheaper.
Fuck where do I find this?
Deuce Deuce
Member
For something light and refreshing (and doesn't taste watered), might I recommend Neato Bandito. It's a Mexican-style lager:
It's probably not available everywhere, but it's pretty thirst quenching esp on hot days.
It's probably not available everywhere, but it's pretty thirst quenching esp on hot days.
Sounds like you want Japanese beer. Partial to Asahi myself.
radios shipping overview
Member
They're refreshing. I sure wouldn't drink a porter on a hot day.
Exactly, the American beer scene is far more innovative and experimental, so brew masters have really created some incredible new beers.
Asahi is basically a Budweiser knock off.
Better tasting than Budweiser IMO but same concept.
Well alcohol dehydrates you so yeah, but vs a hoppy beer an adjunct lager is pretty refreshing. It's a hot summer day and I'm downing a few coors right now and it's great.
I once bought a six-pack of some good, strong beers to a barbeque. People still drank the light stuff ;_;
Are you serious about this?
Are you serious about this?
fluffydelusions
Member
I got it from the liquor store down the street lol. I have no idea if it hard to find if you are not on the west coast?
Lagunitas is pretty much everywhere but that particular variety may only be brewed in CA and not Chicago. I haven't seen it here in MN.
fluffydelusions
Member
Yeah I remember being able to easily get lagunitas back on the east coast but never this specific one. I only ever saw the regular IPA and the Maximus one back there. I'm in Washington (state) btw so it is up here at least.
I once bought a six-pack of some good, strong beers to a barbeque. People still drank the light stuff ;_;
Are you serious about this?
Yeah? It's a rice lager as well and predates Asahi.
to each his own. these days i don't really like to drink on hot days, makes me tired. unless i drink like eleven beers then i feel amazing.
krameriffic
Member
The Belgian gueuzeries still represent the ideal of most American wild ales. People tend to have a narrow view of Belgian beer as "the stuff the monks make, right?" Their spontaneous beer is the inspiration for the American sour revolution of the last few years.
I love good beer.
On a Tuesday night watching a game before working or a long night of drinking I like switching to something that isn't going to murder my diet or get me hung over. So I might start with an IPA or lager and then switch 3 beers in.
Also, I live in Texas. It's hot as balls. Hoppy or dark beers are no good in the summer. If I'm floating a river, at the pool or lake or day drinking at a football game or BBQ. Light beers are refreshing and keep me from getting sloppy drunk despite all day drinking.
On a Tuesday night watching a game before working or a long night of drinking I like switching to something that isn't going to murder my diet or get me hung over. So I might start with an IPA or lager and then switch 3 beers in.
Also, I live in Texas. It's hot as balls. Hoppy or dark beers are no good in the summer. If I'm floating a river, at the pool or lake or day drinking at a football game or BBQ. Light beers are refreshing and keep me from getting sloppy drunk despite all day drinking.
Yeah and the funny thing is, other countries are getting on that as well. To illustrate, past decade there have been around 150+ microbreweries in the Netherlands (where I live). Sure, not all of them are worthwhile, but it's still booming. In Belgium, from what I've seen, not so much. There are more microbreweries than a few years ago but not the big increase you see in other countries.
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Been going through a bit of craft beer backlash myself. BudLight Platinum is some good shit.
I have a few friends who occasionally drive down to the brewery to get a new batch of Cantillons. I'm not the biggest fan but I heard they pay top dollar for that stuff in the US.
Hellsing321
Member
Ha in the Longfellow neighborhood actually but have friends that live in Northeast.
People like light beers because they're cheap and can drink them from noon til night on the weekend, and never get too overly drunk until the end of the evening.
I myself can't stand the shit but i get why it's popular. I just today bought a sixer of Sculpin for like $15 which is fucking ridiculous but I'm a rube who will pay for it.
Though I suppose when you can get a 12pk of Torpedo's for $12-15 you'd think people would step out of their light beer bubble a little more but eh to each their own.
I myself can't stand the shit but i get why it's popular. I just today bought a sixer of Sculpin for like $15 which is fucking ridiculous but I'm a rube who will pay for it.
Though I suppose when you can get a 12pk of Torpedo's for $12-15 you'd think people would step out of their light beer bubble a little more but eh to each their own.
Elegant Weapon
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I'm 30.
Michelob Ultra is my shit
Michelob Ultra is my shit
I'm in Southern California I'll have to seek it out
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