Let’s get a few things straight. MGD Light 64 and Bud Select 55 are not a beer-drinker’s beer. In fact, they are not even beer, really. They are beer-flavored sparkling waters. They are a few calories away from being beer-scented seltzers.
That’s not to say I don’t drink them, because I do.
However, as a home brewer with a penchant for stouts, I don’t kick back to enjoy one of these skinny beers like one might a fine cigar. Instead, I drink them in between real beers so I don’t consume too many calories during a night out or I drink them when I don’t really feel like drinking but I want to appear social. These low-cal brews are almost like NA beers without the stigma.
Did I mention that I like to call them "brewaters?"
I was inspired to write this blog because, tonight, I tried a Bud Select 55 for the first time. I am usually a MGD 64 drinker, but on a whim, decided to see if nine fewer calories made a difference. Nope.
Both beers have practically no head whatsoever. Both have a bland finish that lasts, at best, 2 seconds, and yet, both are extremely refreshing when they are ice cold. Beer water has its place, and it’s not in the same category as full-flavor beers. But the big question is, how low will they go? Is there a Miller Zero in the works?
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
