Beer with lower alcohol percentage I think.Mekstizzle wrote:
Alot of the time I see pictures of parties, mainly American parties, and everyone is drinking "Light beer" of some form. I don't get it, what is Light Beer?
Is that the type of beer where you can brag about drinking 700 cans and not feel drunk
This.smuder201 wrote:
Low carb ain't it?
anyone wanna verify that?guy from yahoo answers wrote:
Anyways, light beers are usually 4.2% -- with the exceptions of Amstel and Heineken Light, which are 3.2% (ABV).
Regular beers, well, the non-light version of the light beers, are usually 5.0% (ABV). Of course, there are thousands of beers with no corresponding light counterpart; light beer drinkers might call these regular beers, but they can range anywhere from about 4.6 to 11.5%. Average microbrew is 6.0%.
Since alcohol is 7 calories / gram, the quickest way to drop calories from your beer is to drop the alcohol. But then, what's the point of your beer? So, companies drop about 16% of the alcohol content, which drops more than 16% of the calories. Then they remove some of the carbs -- which are mostly sugars. This makes a light beer that isn't as filling, and isn't at all natural. It has less impact to the drinker.
Generally, you find that a light beer drinker will drink huge quantities of light beer. Had they been drinking the regular beer counterpart, they would have stopped much sooner. In the end, light beer drinkers probably drink more calories than regular beer drinkers.
Oh, and light beer is generally really cheap and available at gas stations. Popular with college kids, and in drinking games for the previous two reasons.
^this. watered down version of the flagship label. and you're right, it's an American thing - i've never seen Guinness lite, etc.smuder201 wrote:
Low carb ain't it?
Nothing faggy about non-alcoholic beers, I drink them if I'm driving, means I can have a pint or 3 with mates and still drive homeIoan92 wrote:
Beer with lower alcohol percentage I think.Mekstizzle wrote:
Alot of the time I see pictures of parties, mainly American parties, and everyone is drinking "Light beer" of some form. I don't get it, what is Light Beer?
Is that the type of beer where you can brag about drinking 700 cans and not feel drunk
I Drink non-alcoholic.
inb4urafgt
I've always thought about this commercial for NA beer.TheEternalPessimist wrote:
Nothing faggy about non-alcoholic beers, I drink them if I'm driving, means I can have a pint or 3 with mates and still drive homeIoan92 wrote:
Beer with lower alcohol percentage I think.Mekstizzle wrote:
Alot of the time I see pictures of parties, mainly American parties, and everyone is drinking "Light beer" of some form. I don't get it, what is Light Beer?
Is that the type of beer where you can brag about drinking 700 cans and not feel drunk
I Drink non-alcoholic.
inb4urafgt
loubot wrote:
piss-water /thread
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^this..teddy..jimmy wrote:
I know if Sarko was up there he'd be drinking Carla Bruni's fizzed up urine.