Good quality light beer

FISHGUTS · 17 Dec 2019 at 20:00

I have an employee who likes light beer.
He drinks Bud light or Carlsberg.
I'm looking to get him some xmas beer along similar lines but something better quality.
Is it possible, or is he a lost cause & I just buy that crap for him?

Cheers :cool:

Rotty · 18 Dec 2019 at 10:30

sounds a lost cause to me

suppose you could get something like Moretti

mid_gen · 18 Dec 2019 at 10:45

Just buy what they like.

chroniclard · 18 Dec 2019 at 10:45

Coors Light and Bud light are probably the most common. Both are quite refreshing.

There are others but they would probably be harder to find, Sam Adams, Miller Lite.

jsmoke · 18 Dec 2019 at 10:45

Craft beer?

Bug One · 18 Dec 2019 at 10:55

jsmoke said:
Craft beer?

Not if he's a Bud Light drinker.

Best stick with what he likes.

ttaskmaster · 18 Dec 2019 at 13:37

Look around for Windhoek. I think Waitrose stocks it.
That's similar to Bud and all that, but far nicer.

TacoGalaxy · 18 Dec 2019 at 17:04

Früh Kölsch

Gray2233 · 18 Dec 2019 at 17:12

Wychwood Fire Catcher is a nice low alcohol beer (3.5%), quite well priced too at £1 a bottle in most supermarkets.

Lartyconshayo · 18 Dec 2019 at 17:16

Kernel table beer is nice and Buxton In the Zawn. Both low 3% ish beers and easy on the palate.

BUDFORCE · 18 Dec 2019 at 19:36

FISHGUTS said:
he a lost cause & I just buy that crap for him?

^

MR_Punk · 19 Dec 2019 at 12:22

I quite like the taste of Budlight but its like drinking pop. I've drank 12 bottles before on a evening in with friends and felt stone cold sober afterwards. I probably did quite a bit of exercise too as it doesn't stay in your system very long.

Little_Crow · 19 Dec 2019 at 14:31

I'd recommend Pistonhead Kustom Lager, it's sold in my local Co Op so couldn't say how wide it's availability is.

He doesn't sound like a particularly adventurious drinker, but you might be the person to introduce him to something new...

Our local bottleshop had a group come in with someone who wouldn't drink anything outside of the mainstream lagers. Makes you wonder how they ever decided they liked mainstream lager in the first place unless they tried out something new at least once.

Oxide™ · 19 Dec 2019 at 15:09

To my potential demise, I feel that as a light/session beer drinker myself (think Fosters, Carlsberg) I owe my input.

If you can get the black tin version of Windhoek (black tin is draught, green tin is lager) then that's a great shout - I was drinking it solely in South Africa 2 weeks ago

Even my in-laws who drink craft ales/beers, didn't look down at me as much when I said I drank Windhoek out there

TheBrooder · 19 Dec 2019 at 15:10

What is light beer actually light in? Alcohol, calories, taste?

Oxide™ · 19 Dec 2019 at 15:16

Alcohol is around 4%, craft beer drinkers will tut at the lack of taste (but be asleep after 5 pints) whereas I can drink much more and for longer, the lighter/refreshing beers

robfosters · 19 Dec 2019 at 15:18

How about a nice case of Foster’s

*tin hat on

K.C. Leblanc · 19 Dec 2019 at 16:52

He's a lost cause. Get him a book token.

chroniclard · 19 Dec 2019 at 17:23

TheBrooder said:
What is light beer actually light in? Alcohol, calories, taste?

Lower calorie, lower alcohol or both.

Grimley · 20 Dec 2019 at 19:13

I've been drinking Banks Amber bitter (About 90-95p for 500ml in some of the supermarkets) It's pretty good for the price, just my 2ps worth.