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The Gabba Goul

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Anybody else drink light beer??? I susally start dieting around this time of year so as to shed anything I may have picked up over the holidays anhd get back down to my "playin weight" for summer time...

but anyway...light beer...it ummm...it's not so great...it's like beer and water mixed together or something...

Usually, If I'm just stopping to grab a brew on my way home from work, I'll just pick up one of those big @$$ cans of Coors Light or something, but as somebody who usually drinks Guiness or Chimay, this is far from satisfying...lately when I go out, I'll order a Sam light...which is actually pretty darn good and is the closest thing to beer that I've tried in a light beer...

Any other lo-cal recomendations???
 
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The Gabba Goul said:
Anybody else drink light beer??? I susally start dieting around this time of year so as to shed anything I may have picked up over the holidays anhd get back down to my "playin weight" for summer time...

but anyway...light beer...it ummm...it's not so great...it's like beer and water mixed together or something...

Usually, If I'm just stopping to grab a brew on my way home from work, I'll just pick up one of those big @$$ cans of Coors Light or something, but as somebody who usually drinks Guiness or Chimay, this is far from satisfying...lately when I go out, I'll order a Sam light...which is actually pretty darn good and is the closest thing to beer that I've tried in a light beer...

Any other lo-cal recomendations???
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I like Sam Adams Light and Amstel Light as far as light beers go. Since I live in St. Louis, I also drink Bud Light and Michelob Light sometimes, usually at ballgames or hockey games.
 
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There are some matters that simply brook no discussion: light beer is one of them. It is an indefensible abomination, and its appearance in the marketplace during the early 1970s was conclusive proof of the irreversible decline of civilization. Coors Light may be the worst of the lot, which is saying something. Avoid them all. If you must drink and diet concurrently, change beverages for the duration of your weight loss regime. Stick to neat gin or whiskey.
 
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Isaac Mickle said:
since it is low alcohol, guinness qualifies as a light beer for your purposes. compare the calorie content of it and other stouts to whatever you normally drink.
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A quick look indicates that Guinness Draught is 125 calories per 12 oz. and ghastly Coors Light is 102 calories. So Mr. Mickle is correct, and the meager savings in calories is scarcely worth the degraded taste of CL. Guinness Extra Stout is 176 calories per 12 oz., Anchor Porter is 205 calories, and mighty Sierra Nevada Stout is 210 calories. Given that all of these roasted malt beauties are miles ahead of light beer in every conceivable way, the small savings in calories is scarcely worth considering, unless you suck down a dozen or so. And if you drink a dozen bottles of SN Stout you'll have other problems to deal with besides weight loss.
 
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Since I've been in my weight loss plan, I don't drink much alcohol any more. (I had been gradually cutting back since age 35 anyway.)

Since I drink it so seldom, I don't worry about calories when I do have one. I only have light beer if I'm at someone's house and that is what is offered.
 
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Dear Lushington,

Have you checked the calorie content for Beamish?

I believe it is as low as from-the-tap or pub-can Guinness. Speaking of which, it is about time for one.

The "extra" in the titles of some of those stouts refers to extra alcohol (at least, that's how I read the label), so I would stay away from "extra" anything if one was looking for lower-calorie beers.
 
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Most light beer only saves around 20 or so calories per 12 ounce serving compared to the 'full' lagers they are based on (110-120 vs 140 calories). This is not going to amount to much weight loss for moderate consumption.
 
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thanks for the info everybody...I've been buying Guness again...I'm still staying away from the Chimay for now...although yesterday I drank quite a few Pyramid "hefs", truth be told I dont like "hef" that much, but after drinking mostly Coors light, I gotta admit, it wasnt bad...

although...I tell ya...Sam light...a dynamite lager...deffinately worth drinking even if you're not doing the light beer thing...
 
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I've yet to try heinekin light...I used to love Heinekin...but now-a-days if I drink Lager it's Sam Adams...

as an aside...am I the only person in the wrold who thinks that Becks is just like too gosh darn sweet??? I mean...it's like ridiculously sweet...if I'm gonna go that rout...I'd rather have an alc-o-pop (Sparks, Smirnoff Ice, etc...)
 
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The Gabba Goul said:
I've yet to try heinekin light...I used to love Heinekin...but now-a-days if I drink Lager it's Sam Adams...

as an aside...am I the only person in the wrold who thinks that Becks is just like too gosh darn sweet??? I mean...it's like ridiculously sweet...if I'm gonna go that rout...I'd rather have an alc-o-pop (Sparks, Smirnoff Ice, etc...)
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Beck's is considered crap in Germany. Just as Foster's is in Australia. That's what they do, market the bad stuff to Americans who don't know any better.
 
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Yeccch!

The calorie-conscious can stick to white wine or clear liquor (straight booze lacks carbs - just don't put any foo-foo mixers in it.)

When I'm on the dieting wagon, slimline tonic and gin for me!
 
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Lushington said:
There are some matters that simply brook no discussion: light beer is one of them. It is an indefensible abomination, and its appearance in the marketplace during the early 1970s was conclusive proof of the irreversible decline of civilization. Coors Light may be the worst of the lot, which is saying something. Avoid them all. If you must drink and diet concurrently, change beverages for the duration of your weight loss regime. Stick to neat gin or whiskey.
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Come on, stop holding back and say what you really think!

I agree fully with what you say, no beer unless its real.
 
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Is it that hard to just have one or two beers? I know that during the NFL playoffs I throw back a few...but man, light beer is just awful, for the most part. Amstel light is decent as is Sam Adams Light but neither hold a candle to the real thing. The new Heineken light tastes like diet water. I guess I shouldn't complain....I'll alternate between liquor and beer which apparently is terrible for you. I enjoy a vodka and club or a martini if made well and a nice glass of wine always has a place but nothing replicates a cold pint of a nice beer, doesn't have to be pretentious but the Coors and Bud Light can be left on the beer pong table where they belong.
 
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