American Macro Week: Coors Light

American Macro Week: Coors Light

Coors Light is pretty ubiquitous around these parts (Central Oregon); it’s always on the menu at restaurants and seems to be the one available whenever somebody is offering beer (and doesn’t have microbrew). And even though it’s a "light" beer, it seems therefore to be the flagship from Coors (even … Continue reading

American Macro Week: Icehouse

American Macro Week: Icehouse

Icehouse is the next beer in the tasting queue, one of the so-called "ice beers" from Miller (the "Plank Road Brewery" line). In fact it’s the "first domestic ice beer" in America, they say, and has an alcohol content of 5.5% by volume. Generally, an "ice beer" is supposed to … Continue reading

American Macro Week: Budweiser

American Macro Week: Budweiser

Budweiser has the distinction of being the first beer on the tasting spree. This flagship beer from Anheuser-Busch (the self-proclaimed “King of Beers” and “The Great American Lager”) sits right at 5% alcohol by volume and, according to A-B, has been brewed since 1876. I will say right up front … Continue reading

American Macro Week

American Macro Week

Here we are, the third Monday of the month, that means it’s time for Theme Week here at the Brew Site. This month’s theme I announced earlier is American Macro Week. Why? I haven’t seen any real comparative, comprehensive tasting comparison of all of these. Plus, as much as I … Continue reading

The Beer Hacker: Best of the cheap beers?

Update! After 14 years, I have revisited this topic and present an up-to-date-for-2020 version of this article here. Now tracking 31 beers! At the risk of using an inflammatory headline, “cheap beers” seemed easier to convey than what I really mean: American macrobrewed light lagers. Yes, the Millers, the Buds, … Continue reading