TheCochese
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Sounds like a michelada. I'm in.
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Why do Americans love light beers?
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Sounds like a michelada. I'm in.
Deuce Deuce
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I don't know, but shit they can import that shit if that's the cause!
I had a Hop Bomb in Seattle once. It was outta control.
Conor_Fool
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I think it's the "you can drink more without getting drunk as fuck". It 100% that reason for highschool and college age students at the very least
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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I mean, trump is president.
I guarantee there is a strong correlation between light beer purchasers and trump voters.
I guarantee there is a strong correlation between light beer purchasers and trump voters.
Conor_Fool
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First post I've read in the thread and it brings Trump into a completely unrelated topic. Stay classy gaf
On a seperate note, the beer you have as your avatar is my favorite beer logo of all time. But I'll be damned if Delerium [whatever their signature beer] isn't one of the worst beers I've ever had. Spend a fortune on a 6 pack of that shit and it tastes like someone threw some white wine in a lager.
Americans took this amazing beer the British developed when they colonized india: the ipa and then forgot about. We then took the amazing hops that grow in the northwest like cascade hops and turned the beer up to 11. Never been a more flavorful or satisfying beer.
Belgium can have number 2
CarpeDeezNutz
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I drink light beers but yeah the craft scene is huge in the US. You don't see it on tv but driving around I see microbreweries in old ass buildings.
At no time did Britain stop making or drinking IPA because it is the Johnny Garlic of beers. Basically the strongest possible ratio of flavor to liquid and that's why old men drink it in Scottish pubs, because even their deadened taste buds can detect its sledgehammer subtlety.
I was born and raised in a city famous for brewing IPA and I lived on Westfield st right next to the buildings where they stored barrel after barrel of that rank shit. You're welcome to it.
I hope this boring exaggerated fad ends soon and American craft brewers turn their talent to dubbels, triples, quads or even decent lagers.
"I had an IPA called Hopstrocity and it was just a bag of hops sprayed with after shave. It tasted of strong hops! Amazing!"
CarpeDeezNutz
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No relation to the thread I just wanted to tell you that the bolded is inspired, rolled right off my inner voice tongue.
Mossybrew
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Seriously, check out a 'beer town' like Bellingham WA and people that drink light American lagers are in the minority, most pubs in town don't even offer shit like Bud Light etc.
Quoting so this page can laff at this awful post.
You always say this; and I always tell you there are literally 100s of non-IPA beers made by our local craft brewers here let alone nationwide that distribute here... and you always ignore me. Rinse, repeat.
Vicetrailia
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More stouts more stouts. Sure but IPAs are trendy and so that's what people masturbate to. It is pretty annoying in that regard.
I know there are. I'm only complaining about the majority currently being IPAs. There's no lack of talent.
Also I am a bot. My script responds to IPA strings.
I'm not American,but maybe it's because I like the taste of them?
Never understood the whole "why you sip that water son drink real beer like a man" thing.
Shit, mind your own business, I drink because I like how it tastes, not to get drunk. Miller Lite and Dos Equis Lager are my favourites and I really don't care if they're light or whatever.
Never understood the whole "why you sip that water son drink real beer like a man" thing.
Shit, mind your own business, I drink because I like how it tastes, not to get drunk. Miller Lite and Dos Equis Lager are my favourites and I really don't care if they're light or whatever.
Generalpsyduck
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I want to fill up on food not beer.
People are snobs in everything. Sports, music, food, etc. it's sad really lol.
Poimandres
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There's a time and a place for light beers. I've found very few that I thought had much in the way of flavour, though.
But hey, beer snobs need to basically realise that lagers are by far the most popular beers in the world for a reason. Most people don't want their beer to have too much flavour.
But hey, beer snobs need to basically realise that lagers are by far the most popular beers in the world for a reason. Most people don't want their beer to have too much flavour.
DizzyCaffeine
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My man. Triple IPAs, pilsners, light pilsners, stouts, porters...it's all good.
Variety is a great thing. I think a lot of people hate light pilsners because that used to be all you could get in the states. Well, that's just not true anymore.
FinaruDensetsu
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Eww light beers taste like nothing mixed with mostly water.
EYEL1NER
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I drink light beer over other beer because I don't like the taste of other beers. I can't even put up with drinking a Guinness without wanting to chase it with a soda or something. I don't need sweet bubbly wine-coolers or anything like that but I just don't particularly like dark beers.
I don't think light beers really taste good but they don't taste like much of anything and are easy to drink. I'm not ashamed of it; I just don't have a taste for most beers. If I'm going to drink at all, it's probably to get drunk, so I'll pick a light beer that I can handle easily.
I don't think light beers really taste good but they don't taste like much of anything and are easy to drink. I'm not ashamed of it; I just don't have a taste for most beers. If I'm going to drink at all, it's probably to get drunk, so I'll pick a light beer that I can handle easily.
Canada..
clarknova156
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Why are Germans obsessed with drinking boardline sludge beer that's so thick it counts as a meal?
Just an example. They love it too. It's what they like. Who cares why people prefer light or heavy beers?
But for the record the world loves light beer the most. For logical reasons too : cheap , doesn't get you wasted fast and some people prefer the taste.
It's weird how people question tastes when they are so subjective. You just like what you like and that's really it.
Just an example. They love it too. It's what they like. Who cares why people prefer light or heavy beers?
But for the record the world loves light beer the most. For logical reasons too : cheap , doesn't get you wasted fast and some people prefer the taste.
It's weird how people question tastes when they are so subjective. You just like what you like and that's really it.
This right here... It really is weird. Enjoy your beer, that is all.
ThatStupidLion
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Sometimes you want beer with your burger and not water. And sometimes you want water with your burger and not beer.
This is where bud light comes in handy.
i could give many other reasons, but one is enough for your plebe non-american ass
This is where bud light comes in handy.
i could give many other reasons, but one is enough for your plebe non-american ass
SpaceHorror
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I love craft beer and drink it pretty often, especially at the bar on draft.
That said, there is nothing like a cooling off on a hot summer night with a Coors Light or something similar. Super refreshing and tastes fine to me, though obviously not as good as most craft beers.
The low calories, cheap price, and going to bed with a buzz are bonuses.
That said, there is nothing like a cooling off on a hot summer night with a Coors Light or something similar. Super refreshing and tastes fine to me, though obviously not as good as most craft beers.
The low calories, cheap price, and going to bed with a buzz are bonuses.
Statistically he's not wrong though. Those 3 beers do sell the highest in America and he wants to know why.
BLOODED_hands
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I can't stand the taste of light beer but if I'm at a gathering or a party and there isn't anything else to drink? Hell yeah I'll drink it, probably even chug it down to get to a buzz faster.
But there is nothing wrong with people who likes light beer and people who don't like it. People drink what they want to drink, I guess.
I can also attest to how wonderful and refreshing it is to have one or two light beers during a hot summer day.
But there is nothing wrong with people who likes light beer and people who don't like it. People drink what they want to drink, I guess.
I can also attest to how wonderful and refreshing it is to have one or two light beers during a hot summer day.
ReadingRambo
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Beer snobs are the worst.
BravesCountry
Banned
Has anyone told OP that Sierra Nevada is still just wading in the shallow end of the beer pool?
I'll drink light beers because if I always drank heavier beers my belly would not thank me.
I'll drink light beers because if I always drank heavier beers my belly would not thank me.
I swear San Diego County at least is damn good for finding craft beers and I think is one of the hottest spots for them. Maybe we just have fewer prominent beer stores?
And it honestly does surprise me that more drink Bud Light... than Budweiser. I'd think there'd be a significant group of people who go "I'm not touching that diet shit I'm sticking with the real thing" but either not that many care, marketing really outweighs that (I don't think they even lean on that aspect anymore), and/or the usual culprits for why people would shun the light version don't apply here, as it's more watered down than anything else (and maybe not even that much!) while a diet soda will have artificial sweeteners that you can't stand.
What's weird to me is that here in Canada we probably have some stuff that counts as "light" (we even literally have some of the American beers with the "light" name intact), but very few beers unique to Canada have the word "light" in the name. I wonder why it is that that became the buzzword for mass market beer in the US. I think of light in terms of soft drinks and food items - lower calorie version that's compromised in some way vs. the original. Doesn't seem super appealing in a beer to me.
Dash_Riprock
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American food and drink companies are PEERLESS at getting people to eat and drink whatever garbage they're peddling. Bud, Miller et al. selling people on essentially flavored water is proof of this.
Because they love all their drinks ice cold, and light beer is pretty refreshing this way. I like real ale but on a hot summer day I wouldn't turn down a nice cold miller light or something.
It's also why as an outsider, all the Americans who like "real" beer seem to be obsessed with incredibly hoppy IPAs, because when you drink it ice cold your tastebuds get obliterated
It's also why as an outsider, all the Americans who like "real" beer seem to be obsessed with incredibly hoppy IPAs, because when you drink it ice cold your tastebuds get obliterated
Megatron
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