YABT: I prefer Bud Light

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: BZeto
Just downed a PINT of my preferred beer, Bud Light. Cost vs taste it beats any beer hands down. But get this, I'd probably drink BL over many other beers (which I have drank plenty of) regardless of cost. That said, I can't deny that I savor the occasional Stella.

Who else loves the smooth deliciousness that Bud Light provides?

it's like having sex in a canoe

It's a lil' uneasy but you still come?

no....

it's phucking close to water

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: BZeto
Just downed a PINT of my preferred beer, Bud Light. Cost vs taste it beats any beer hands down. But get this, I'd probably drink BL over many other beers (which I have drank plenty of) regardless of cost. That said, I can't deny that I savor the occasional Stella.

Who else loves the smooth deliciousness that Bud Light provides?

it's like having sex in a canoe

It's a lil' uneasy but you still come?

no....

it's phucking close to water

..

:Q

 

[BZeto]

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: BZeto
Just downed a PINT of my preferred beer, Bud Light. Cost vs taste it beats any beer hands down. But get this, I'd probably drink BL over many other beers (which I have drank plenty of) regardless of cost. That said, I can't deny that I savor the occasional Stella.

Who else loves the smooth deliciousness that Bud Light provides?

it's like having sex in a canoe

It's a lil' uneasy but you still come?

Any sex is good sex.

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: BZeto

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: BZeto
Just downed a PINT of my preferred beer, Bud Light. Cost vs taste it beats any beer hands down. But get this, I'd probably drink BL over many other beers (which I have drank plenty of) regardless of cost. That said, I can't deny that I savor the occasional Stella.

Who else loves the smooth deliciousness that Bud Light provides?

it's like having sex in a canoe

It's a lil' uneasy but you still come?

Any sex is good sex.

This is turning into the Domino's thread.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: troytime
bud light is great
if you're still 17

I thought that's what Busch Ice or Beast was for?

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: krylon

Originally posted by: BZeto

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: BZeto
Just downed a PINT of my preferred beer, Bud Light. Cost vs taste it beats any beer hands down. But get this, I'd probably drink BL over many other beers (which I have drank plenty of) regardless of cost. That said, I can't deny that I savor the occasional Stella.

Who else loves the smooth deliciousness that Bud Light provides?

it's like having sex in a canoe

It's a lil' uneasy but you still come?

Any sex is good sex.

This is turning into the Domino's thread.

Any pizza is good sex?

I don't know, sounds like it'd burn.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: troytime
bud light is great
if you're still 17

I thought that's what Busch Ice or Beast was for?

don't forget Natty Light

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
How in the hell do you guys drink heavy beers all the time? I enjoy a good heavy beer but when I'm out with buddies, I don't want to be bogged down by drinking heavy ass beers. Also it's not like they sell IPA's at the bars that normal people go to. I'd rather be drinking a piss Bud Light and be talking to women in a bar then sitting at home in front of a computer drinking a good tasting heavy beer.

Bogged down? What the hell are you talking about?

Also, I have never been in any bar anywhere that didn't serve real beer.

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: iFX

Originally posted by: zerocool84
How in the hell do you guys drink heavy beers all the time? I enjoy a good heavy beer but when I'm out with buddies, I don't want to be bogged down by drinking heavy ass beers. Also it's not like they sell IPA's at the bars that normal people go to. I'd rather be drinking a piss Bud Light and be talking to women in a bar then sitting at home in front of a computer drinking a good tasting heavy beer.

Bogged down? What the hell are you talking about?

Also, I have never been in any bar anywhere that didn't serve real beer.

snob alert

 

[So]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
I prefer colder and lighter beer because it's more refreshing, not because I "hate real beer." It's frustrating when beer snobs have to assert that the only good beer is black, opaque, and served warm, and that if you disagree then you don't actually like beer. I do like beer. I just like it in one form. Others like it in other forms. I don't drink it to get drunk, I drink it because I enjoy the flavor and the other physical properties.

Not a fan of the lite brews myself, but I still prefer lagers over pretty much everything else.

There are plenty of delicious refreshing (esp cold) beers -- even *gasp* pilsners, but you're not going to find a good tasting one with a coors or budweiser label.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
I've never had Bud Light, but I saw some Budweiser in the supermarket a couple of weeks ago so I picked it up. The stuff is very rare over here and costs as much as a premium import, but I picked up a box to see what the fuss was about. Really was not impressed with it, it's a very average (below average TBH) beer. Felt neat to drink from a bottle I see on American TV all the time though

Edit - BTW, when Americans say "light" beer, that means low-carb right? Over here light beer = low alcohol beer. Both taste like shit TBQH, apart from Amstel Light which is drinkable if I must have something low-alcohol.

Yeah. Light beer is the american beer companies way of marketing "diet" beer to men who would never be seen drinking a diet drink (especially in the 60s (70s?) when the term was invented)

Also, the OP should be ashamed for drinking BL. If you want a tolerable cheap beer, Pabst is the only reasonable choice.

Don't forget Yeungling. But I do have a special place in my :heart: for Pabst.

The problem with Budweiser is their reputation: They WERE a fantastic Brewery back before Prohibition and the following Depression. Prohibition wiped out all but 3 or 4 of the 4000+ independent breweries in this country, and Budweiser was then known for making a real honest lager. It was very popular for several reasons: quality and their innovative method of transporting their beer cross-country in their own patented refrigeration system (this system is primarily responsible for keeping them afloat during the 30s, as it wasn't an alcohol-dependent enterprise). They survived, but then the Depression forced them to cut costs when they revamped their brewing; switching to rice, shitty hops, shitty everything.

They were never the same, and what we have now is what everyone thinks of when they think Budweiser. Now their popularity is due to cost and the common American psyche of cheap + no frills = awesome. Maybe nothing inherently wrong with that, but when the concept of quality becomes perverted into the idea that a product like Budweiser represents "quality" in the minds of many due to marketing $$$, the public psyche gets brainwashed into this new corporate-funded concept of history.

They do have a long history and reputation for quality in this country, and 99% of people that drink Budweiser today whole-heartedly believe that the quality that garnered that reputation is the very same "quality" that they find in contemporary AB brews. This couldn't be further from the truth, of course, but people are quick to eat this shit up.

 

[LLCOOLJ]

Colt 45, goes good with Chicken.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
I've never had Bud Light, but I saw some Budweiser in the supermarket a couple of weeks ago so I picked it up. The stuff is very rare over here and costs as much as a premium import, but I picked up a box to see what the fuss was about. Really was not impressed with it, it's a very average (below average TBH) beer. Felt neat to drink from a bottle I see on American TV all the time though

Edit - BTW, when Americans say "light" beer, that means low-carb right? Over here light beer = low alcohol beer. Both taste like shit TBQH, apart from Amstel Light which is drinkable if I must have something low-alcohol.

Yeah. Light beer is the american beer companies way of marketing "diet" beer to men who would never be seen drinking a diet drink (especially in the 60s (70s?) when the term was invented)

Also, the OP should be ashamed for drinking BL. If you want a tolerable cheap beer, Pabst is the only reasonable choice.

Don't forget Yeungling. But I do have a special place in my :heart: for Pabst.

The problem with Budweiser is their reputation: They WERE a fantastic Brewery back before Prohibition and the following Depression. Prohibition wiped out all but 3 or 4 of the 4000+ independent breweries in this country, and Budweiser was then known for making a real honest lager. It was very popular for several reasons: quality and their innovative method of transporting their beer cross-country in their own patented refrigeration system (this system is primarily responsible for keeping them afloat during the 30s, as it wasn't an alcohol-dependent enterprise). They survived, but then the Depression forced them to cut costs when they revamped their brewing; switching to rice, shitty hops, shitty everything.

They were never the same, and what we have now is what everyone thinks of when they think Budweiser. Now their popularity is due to cost and the common American psyche of cheap + no frills = awesome. Maybe nothing inherently wrong with that, but when the concept of quality becomes perverted into the idea that a product like Budweiser represents "quality" in the minds of many due to marketing $$$, the public psyche gets brainwashed into this new corporate-funded concept of history.

They do have a long history and reputation for quality in this country, and 99% of people that drink Budweiser today whole-heartedly believe that the quality that garnered that reputation is the very same "quality" that they find in contemporary AB brews. This couldn't be further from the truth, of course, but people are quick to eat this shit up.

No objections on any point. I think brewing in the US has only started to recover from the crime that was prohibition in the last fifteen to twenty years.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Originally posted by: krylon

Originally posted by: Reckoner
Text

Drink some beers from this thread and you won't bother with this bud light garbage anymore

That thread should be renamed: "Name the most obscure beer you've ever tasted that no member of ATOT could find so as not to disprove you"

I can understand your anger; I can't imagine there's a large microbrew presence in Kansas. But don't let your rage over your personal geographic isolation from good beer lead you to the opinion that the beers in that thread are terribly difficult to find. Just looking down the first page, 90% of the beers named are sold in a shop less than a mile from where I live. And I bet I could have the more obscure ones shipped to a market about two miles from where I work that prides itself on its ability to obtain the rarer beers of the world.

I live one state up from there, and I can think of four microbreweries within fifty miles just off the top of my head. But for candy store-style beer shopping around here, HyVee is king. First place I've found Unibroue stuff.

Yep, HyVee has a pretty decent selection in most of their newer stores where they have a decent liquor dept. Hell, they even carry some of the local micros from the area. I think they have 3-4 different local labels all with 3-4 flavors.

Meh, I'll still drink a BL (did last night) but definately prefer something with more taste. Bass, New Castle, Summit, etc = yum. People seem to think that taste=heavy or dark=heavy but it's really not the case. I brewed some honey nut brown and it was relatively dark(dark amber - not black) and my wife who has been a BL ONLY drinker since she started drinking liked it. It's all about opening your mind and ridding it of marketing biases. Hell, the cream ale I brewed is about as "light" as a Budwieser in color but had tons more taste and was way more smooth than a macro(duh it's a cream ale) but would definately be something you could drink as a "refreshing" beer when it's 90deg outside and you just finished mowing the lawn.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Beev
Lol American beers...

Please do defend your (likely) inferior beer culture.

(I say likely as there is only one other country that could challenge the USA in terms of overall diversity and sheer amount remarkable and consistent brews. I assume you are not of that nationality...)

 

[will889]

It's RAHR or nothing for me.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: NightDarker
Are you:

1) In high school?
2) In college?

That would explain why you enjoy bud light. I'm in college, therefore I enjoy bud light.

I saw a kids thing on Facebook where he rated his "favorite beers". Here was the list:

1) Natty Ice
2) Keystone Light
3) Bud Light
4) Busch Light
5) Bud Ice

I proceed to smack my forehead and wrote on his wall "drink real beer."

That generated quite a few responses.

If you're going to drink a "light" beer........drink PBR.

PBR = Low price ... check
PBR = Not cut with Rice, so it tastes like beer instead of wierd ricewater ... check

I 100% support your last comment. PBR is really a decent beer and it's priced for the masses. Much better than MGD, Bud, Bud light, Miller lite, etc ....

Don't get me wrong, I will sometimes enjoy an MGD or a Bud, though I really don't care for the "lite" versions ....

That said, Nothin like a good imperial stout, Belgian quad, or quality IPA

 

[Saint Nick]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
You need to go to Nebraska Brewing Co. at 370 & 72nd and try the sampler.

Been there...done that...

I loved it Which was your favorite??

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: troytime
bud light is great
if you're still 17

I thought that's what Busch Ice or Beast was for?

don't forget Natty Light

I was honestly going to put that in 3rd, but thought against it.

:beer:

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: iFX

Originally posted by: zerocool84
How in the hell do you guys drink heavy beers all the time? I enjoy a good heavy beer but when I'm out with buddies, I don't want to be bogged down by drinking heavy ass beers. Also it's not like they sell IPA's at the bars that normal people go to. I'd rather be drinking a piss Bud Light and be talking to women in a bar then sitting at home in front of a computer drinking a good tasting heavy beer.

Bogged down? What the hell are you talking about?

Also, I have never been in any bar anywhere that didn't serve real beer.

This. After living in Chicago for several years, where there is indeed an abundance of fratty mouth-breathing light-beer swillers herding about on any given night, you'd be hard-pressed to find one of those "normal" bars that didn't offer real beers alongside the standard BL and ML.

zero, do you live in some 1-bar town out in some hay field?

 

[krylon]

The Flying Saucer is always a good spot for beers!

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: iFX

Originally posted by: zerocool84
How in the hell do you guys drink heavy beers all the time? I enjoy a good heavy beer but when I'm out with buddies, I don't want to be bogged down by drinking heavy ass beers. Also it's not like they sell IPA's at the bars that normal people go to. I'd rather be drinking a piss Bud Light and be talking to women in a bar then sitting at home in front of a computer drinking a good tasting heavy beer.

Bogged down? What the hell are you talking about?

Also, I have never been in any bar anywhere that didn't serve real beer.

This. After living in Chicago for several years, where there is indeed an abundance of fratty mouth-breathing light-beer swillers herding about on any given night, you'd be hard-pressed to find one of those "normal" bars that didn't offer real beers alongside the standard BL and ML.

zero, do you live in some 1-bar town out in some hay field?

No I live in a lightly populated city, Los Angeles. When normal people go to bars, we go to meet and talk to people. I don't want to be getting full on heavy beer. I only drink heavy beers at home. The only beers normal bars sell is the American's, Newcastles, Guinness, all the poular stuff. That's not what everyone here calls real beer. Real beer to people here is only Micro's.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: NightDarker

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
You need to go to Nebraska Brewing Co. at 370 & 72nd and try the sampler.

Been there...done that...

I loved it Which was your favorite??

Eos hefeweizen is fantastic.
The Red Sled winter ale was pretty great too. I actually have one of the 2.25 gallon piggies I still need to return for my deposit.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
I've never had Bud Light, but I saw some Budweiser in the supermarket a couple of weeks ago so I picked it up. The stuff is very rare over here and costs as much as a premium import, but I picked up a box to see what the fuss was about. Really was not impressed with it, it's a very average (below average TBH) beer. Felt neat to drink from a bottle I see on American TV all the time though

Edit - BTW, when Americans say "light" beer, that means low-carb right? Over here light beer = low alcohol beer. Both taste like shit TBQH, apart from Amstel Light which is drinkable if I must have something low-alcohol.

Yeah. Light beer is the american beer companies way of marketing "diet" beer to men who would never be seen drinking a diet drink (especially in the 60s (70s?) when the term was invented)

Also, the OP should be ashamed for drinking BL. If you want a tolerable cheap beer, Pabst is the only reasonable choice.

Don't forget Yeungling. But I do have a special place in my :heart: for Pabst.

The problem with Budweiser is their reputation: They WERE a fantastic Brewery back before Prohibition and the following Depression. Prohibition wiped out all but 3 or 4 of the 4000+ independent breweries in this country, and Budweiser was then known for making a real honest lager. It was very popular for several reasons: quality and their innovative method of transporting their beer cross-country in their own patented refrigeration system (this system is primarily responsible for keeping them afloat during the 30s, as it wasn't an alcohol-dependent enterprise). They survived, but then the Depression forced them to cut costs when they revamped their brewing; switching to rice, shitty hops, shitty everything.

They were never the same, and what we have now is what everyone thinks of when they think Budweiser. Now their popularity is due to cost and the common American psyche of cheap + no frills = awesome. Maybe nothing inherently wrong with that, but when the concept of quality becomes perverted into the idea that a product like Budweiser represents "quality" in the minds of many due to marketing $$$, the public psyche gets brainwashed into this new corporate-funded concept of history.

They do have a long history and reputation for quality in this country, and 99% of people that drink Budweiser today whole-heartedly believe that the quality that garnered that reputation is the very same "quality" that they find in contemporary AB brews. This couldn't be further from the truth, of course, but people are quick to eat this shit up.

No objections on any point. I think brewing in the US has only started to recover from the crime that was prohibition in the last fifteen to twenty years.

It is. I think we're up to 3000 breweries now, and it's possible that my early figure of pre-prohibition breweries was way-off. I think there were maybe 9000 or more. something ridiculous.

People that like to deride American beers (having no concept of American beer), forget that this is a country of immigrants. Those immigrants bring their food, their drinks, and their lifestyles with them. The independent brewing industry in the 19th century was HUGE here, and very diverse.

European countries tend to be good at brewing one individual style, as that country is often where that style was first brewed. The detractors often think of that one beer, and say "See! America ain't got shit!" They are quick to forget that earlier immigrants brought that style into this country, and have perfected it here over several centuries just as it was perfected back in the old country. On top of that individual quality, we have the vast diversity of several well-made styles, and an inherent understanding that without as solid of a "tradition," we are more free to explore the potentials of brewing. This country makes a lot of traditional brews extremely well, but I think the true greatness is in the experimental, industry-challenging and progressive styles that we have in abundance; perhaps best seen in Dogfish Head brews .

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: iFX

Originally posted by: zerocool84
How in the hell do you guys drink heavy beers all the time? I enjoy a good heavy beer but when I'm out with buddies, I don't want to be bogged down by drinking heavy ass beers. Also it's not like they sell IPA's at the bars that normal people go to. I'd rather be drinking a piss Bud Light and be talking to women in a bar then sitting at home in front of a computer drinking a good tasting heavy beer.

Bogged down? What the hell are you talking about?

Also, I have never been in any bar anywhere that didn't serve real beer.

This. After living in Chicago for several years, where there is indeed an abundance of fratty mouth-breathing light-beer swillers herding about on any given night, you'd be hard-pressed to find one of those "normal" bars that didn't offer real beers alongside the standard BL and ML.

zero, do you live in some 1-bar town out in some hay field?

No I live in a lightly populated city, Los Angeles. When normal people go to bars, we go to meet and talk to people. I don't want to be getting full on heavy beer. I only drink heavy beers at home. The only beers normal bars sell is the American's, Newcastles, Guinness, all the poular stuff. That's not what everyone here calls real beer. Real beer to people here is only Micro's.

Oh, I get it. You're just a snob of a different color, but you'd never admit it.

(that aside, it is more than ironic that you mention LA and "normal" in the same sentence. Don't get me wrong, I would be the last to claim my surroundings as "normal")