Best of the Bad Bunch
Written: Jun 19 '07 (Updated Jul 22 '07)
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Pros: Refreshing, light, crisp, great for BBQ's and hot days at the beach or pool.
Cons: Lacking flavor.
The Bottom Line: Pure refreshment - light flavor and taste at minimal cost. The best of the mass-produced American macrobrews.
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| Wisdom's Full Review: Miller High Life 2403b |
As a connoisseur of fine beers from all around the world and of every style, the American Macro beers are regarded with ire from me and my kind. Watery, flavorless and lacking personality and alcohol, the beers coming out of Budweiser, Miller, Coors, and their ilk are to beer what Fast Food McDonald's is to fine dining.
That said, I was raised on these beers, as were most Americans. In my first job I was entitled nightly to a 16-oz Busch while I mopped the floor and my parents kept Gennesee around the house. In high school and college my meager earnings were spent on cases of Schlitz and Schmidt's. It was a long time before I realized that there was more to beer and I started to educate my palette.
Now my garage is filled with American microbrews from Victory, Bell's, Dogfish Head, Brooklyn, Rogue, Troeg's, Fat Tire, and others. Next to these are Belgians like Leffe, Orval and Linedemann's, great Canadian beers like Unibroue and Boreal, English classics like Sam Smith's and Young's, beautiful German beers like Ayinger and Paulaner, and many other countries and breweries. Next to these is the eternal case of Miller High Life Light.
Having tasted most of the macros over the years, I have settled on Miller High Life as my favorite. Crisp, smooth, and effervescent, this beer is pure refreshment. Low in alcohol and with a hint of corny flavor, it is a Pale Lager that quenches the thirst on a hot day as few beers in my experience can.
Miller High Life Light follows its full-calorie father in flavor & refreshment, but with only 110 calories. Having pent so many days and hours sampling the world's finest beers, I must be conscious of my ever-expanding waistline so when I desire cool beer refreshment without the calories, alcohol or the heaviness of the macros or imports, I reach for the Miller High Life Light.
And this is to mention nothing of the aesthetics of the Miller High Life family. How many times have I gazed at the “Girl In The Moon” and winked slyly at her pleasant visage? I could not say but I smile inwardly at her every time I open a bottle. And the bottle – so slender and, dare I say it, sexy, fits in the hand perfectly and pours into the glass and mouth with the utmost grace. The designer in me appreciates the angled label – a departure from the herd of flat, boring labels and brown and green bottles.
Those of you unwilling to spend a ridiculous amount on a case of Corona for the BBQ, might consider what I have dubbed the “Tallahassee Corona” - simply a bottle of Miller High Life with a thin slice of lime in the neck. No one can tell the difference in flavor and truthfully, the lime is only there to mask Corona's funky flavor. I have tested this in several group settings this summer and impressed many with both its flavor and frugality.
Thus, I recommend Miller High Life Light. It fills the space in one's American soul that was made by the dominant macro beers of yesteryear without too much filling of the waistline. It is smooth, crisp, refreshing, and agreeable in every way. I shall not disdain the Miller High Life Light in the presence of the finest brew craftspeople of the world, but embrace its simplicity, inexpensiveness, and place in the history of American beers.
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Member: James Wisdom
Location: West Chester, PA
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