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Would you order Bud Light Lime in a bar? You certainly would not. Founded in , Coors has fully embraced the Rocky Mountain aesthetic of rugged dudes doing rugged dude things: Hiking. Panning for gold. Roping a steer. Elsewhere -era Mark Harmon, putting on some waders and walking through a cold mountain stream. This beer tastes like practically nothing, only vaguely sweet and goes down easier than Placido Domingo on a Sunday morning. And has that state-fair, Americana look and feel to it?
Actual goose pimples on the forearm. Busch beer is fairly oaty with a slight mineral aftertaste. It goes down about as easy as a dozen White Castle sliders.
This is the sleek, turbo-charged version of Bud Light. Read the official fast food French fry power rankings ». Busch is so named because of the company that owns it. Ever wonder why a lot of your beers sort of taste the same? Busch Light is actually an outlier, though, in that it tastes like nothing at all.
It tastes like Arrowhead water. It is refreshing, though! But in the case of MGD, which leans heavily on the adjective, it makes the beer remarkably … average. Like a something-year-old man, the beer is fairly round and middle-of-the-road.
With a name like National Bohemian, one would think of the beer as somewhat iconoclastic or unconventional. This is decidedly not the case.
It is, however, fairly cheap and chuggable. Like Carrot Top , this is unexpectedly full-bodied. Fortunately, as this beer has a jaw-dropping 8. Would you rather have a good version of something cheap, or a cheap version of something good? Would you rather have a super good grilled cheese sandwich, or a somewhat disappointing chateaubriand?
Sam Adams is a bit like the latter. Trying with its deep amber color, tasting a bit too sweet and hitting a few caramel notes. I like to eat fish because it tastes pretty good, but also because in its naked or barely dressed state it's a healthier alternative to the walking animals. I made scantily clad salmon sandwiches Friday night; they were near to great, but they would have been even better if I'd used a little more lemon or a lot more lamb.
That's just the way it goes, and I'm okay with the arrangement—as long as I get to go to bed feeling all smug and healthy. If you're going to batter and fry a thing, the thing might as well be a chicken leg. I believe in having a balanced diet in the big picture, but I don't like trying to bother balancing a single meal, or even a single day. When I decide it's time to enjoy myself, I get deep-fried beef or pudding-crusted pork chops or whatever else my tongue desires.
The rest of the time I make do with cucumber-cabbage soup and bide my time till the sun shines again. By this accounting system, light beer is the same thing as fried fish: Depending on your lifestyle, it's either a half-assed indulgence or a half-assed health kick. I'll drink light beer when it's handed to me, but otherwise I base my beer choices on several different criteria, none of which involve calories.
I'll get the cheap one or the good one or the high ABV one or the weird one, but I'll never get the one that wants a pat on the head for sparing me half an apple's worth of calories.
All that said, I've had one hell of a lot of Bud Light in the past couple of years. My favorite happy hour place is Bleecker Street Bar in New York, where happy hour lasts from noon to pm seven days a week. That's right, there are 56 happy hours in a Bleecker week.
I don't much care for any of those beers—I really want to like Yuengling, but it just never took—so I usually ordered the Bud, since it was only one syllable. But then I met Emily, who started joining me for Sunday happy hours the summer before last.
She always ordered Bud Light bottles, because on Sunday afternoons she often lacks the focus and dedication necessary to drink 24 ounces of beer before it drops a couple degrees below keg temperature.
So that left me drinking not only the heavier beer but also twice as much of it per round. It's a pretty neat trick to increase alcohol while decreasing calories, so this seemed worth investigating. The Platinum is better. It's a simple and clean, and while it doesn't have any particular strengths, it manages to shed some of Bud Light's telltale weaknesses. Bud Light is just so damn Bud Light , you know?
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