• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    What’s this actually taste like? I figure it’s basically what they added to bud light to make bud select if it wasn’t just water. Bud light - 110 calories, 4.2% alc. Select - 55 calories 2.1% alcohol.

    I remember looking at it when it came out and thinking they filled half the bottle with carbonated water and sold it for slightly more.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      16 hours ago

      What is it with Americans and bud light anyway. It’s the worst version of the product and yet for some reason it’s really popular in the US.

      • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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        9 hours ago

        It’s common and they were already in place when prohibition ended.

        So after a good chunk of time with all the breweries becoming unavailable, they were fast to start selling and it just became a common brand.

        Having the three key elements to an alcohol consumed for social purposes rather than taste also helped: cheap, available and cheap.

        We’ve got others around, but they’re generally not everywhere.

        I don’t know that I’ve ever heard anyone say they like the taste though. I think the closest I’ve heard is someone saying they like how it’s cold.

      • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
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        15 hours ago

        Because you can drink it all day and still drive home.

        I’d say this is sarcasm, but I live in a rural area and have heard it calls ‘driving beer’ before. And looking in the ditches, it appears to be true.

      • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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        15 hours ago

        It’s like McDonald’s. It isn’t haute cuisine but it’s fine, as much as people feel better about themselves for looking down on it. People like judging other people.