America definitely has A LOT of light beers and I'd say a majority of Americans drink them, all of my friends are huge Bud,Bud Light,Busch,Miller Light, and Coors Light drinkers. I'll drink all of those, but I loooove thick rich beers. America does have quite a lot of rich beers, it's just that there not that popular. Plus, a majority of Americans don't like spending a lot of money on beer but also wanna get as much as they can, so they go with the cheap watery stuff. Samuel Adams is probably the most popular and it is a great beer. Even Samuel Adams Light is a great and it's not light at all really. Yuengling, Honey Brown, Sierra Nevada,Anchor Steam,Ommengang,Dogfish Head, Black Butte,Ruination, and Flying Dog are all great American beers and will get you sh*t faced before ya know it.
But I gotta give props to the International beers also, I mean after all GUINNESS is the greatest beer ever!! Harp and Smithwicks are right up there. Beck's, Heineken, Newcastle, Fosters, and Molson are all fine beers!
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I, personally, do not drink. I have tried a few different kinds of alcohol ... none to my liking. I suppose it's not for me, and I doubt I'll acquire a taste for any beer. That, and the fact I'm only fourteen. That could definitely mean something.
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Well, I have tried and liked SOME but in very small portions. Hate beer. Taste is disgusting.
Delicate Sound Wrote:America definitely has A LOT of light beers and I'd say a majority of Americans drink them, all of my friends are huge Bud,Bud Light,Busch,Miller Light, and Coors Light drinkers.
I think technically those are lagers and not beers. The two are mixed in with each other these days, but beer and lager are different animals altogether. The death of beer as a distinct type of drink was around the time that water sanitisation improved. Even looking around now, I see the definition of beer shows ales, lagers, ciders, porters, stouts and such as subsets of beer. That is not the traditional viewpoint.
By the way, anyone here tried Mead?
When I was in Europe I drank the regional beer or wine, sometimes soda or bottled water. The beer and wine were excellent. Here in the US, I think people are image conscious. Lite beer has only 97 calories as opposed to many in lets say Heineken. The fuller bodied beers do fill me up. For that reason I do think lite beers have their place as a refreshing beverage.
A lot of people say that, but I have been into double figures in stout on several occasions and not felt "full" by it. I have drank those drinks you mentioned many times too, but they feel more like lemonade and I like to be able to feel that I am drinking when I am. They do not give the same sensation as proper ales and beers.
However, it does always worry me when I am at a Beer festival and I see middle aged me with massive guts on them. I intend to drink the same stuff as them, but also eat healthier and exercise, which they won't do. Hopefully I'll avoid the gut, but if it really starts to develop, I'd cut down or stop drinking in an instance.
Heineken (Dutch Lager) would be considered light in all senses compared to British and Irish bitters, stouts, dark ales generally, which probably contain an awesome amount of calories. Something like Guinness most especially. Some have argued with recourse to science that a pint of Guinness is technically a meal! Is so heavy.
My daughter tells me a person could survive on beer. I don't know if thats true or not.