No kidding! I'm a reformed drunk now these many years. But in my imbibing days, beer was my favorite. Perhaps the need for the alcohol explains it in part, but I would only drink lite as a last choice. It's truly a remarkable achievement of Amercian capitalsim that such an insipid product could be marketed and become popular. Although I'm sure in a different context, was it Mencken who observed that nobody ever went broke under-estimating the taste of the American public? Unless their laws have changed, such "beers" could not even be sold in Germany as they didn't meet the legal definition. Yes, like most goods, beer comes in all levels of quality to suit all (literally) tastes. Now for me, I did like the occasional flavorful beer ($$$) but the serious alcoholic shuns the mass marketed brew, which frankly marks one as an amateur. No, instead he'll rely on Natural Ice or (shudder) Steel Reserve if the goal is to put yourself on your ass. 🥴
Is that why it always tasted like crap?
No kidding! I'm a reformed drunk now these many years. But in my imbibing days, beer was my favorite. Perhaps the need for the alcohol explains it in part, but I would only drink lite as a last choice. It's truly a remarkable achievement of Amercian capitalsim that such an insipid product could be marketed and become popular. Although I'm sure in a different context, was it Mencken who observed that nobody ever went broke under-estimating the taste of the American public? Unless their laws have changed, such "beers" could not even be sold in Germany as they didn't meet the legal definition. Yes, like most goods, beer comes in all levels of quality to suit all (literally) tastes. Now for me, I did like the occasional flavorful beer ($$$) but the serious alcoholic shuns the mass marketed brew, which frankly marks one as an amateur. No, instead he'll rely on Natural Ice or (shudder) Steel Reserve if the goal is to put yourself on your ass. 🥴
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