I spend a lot of time on this blog making fun of light beer, and with good reason. But there is a time and a place for everything, and when it comes to playing beer pong in a smoke-filled VFW, well, a selection of fine Belgian craft ales just doesn't fit the bill. One expects such pallette-pleasers as Natty Ice or Milwaukee Beast in a setting like this, but what I found in the keg at a recent throwdown was way better than that. PBR? No - I had drank a full red Silo cup without shitting myself, so this was not PBR. And don't fret, hipsters, I'm not saying that I don't enjoy the taste of PBR; I do. Well, sort of. It just has a special way of liquefying my guts like nothing else I've ever encountered. I could probably mainline Dulcolax and fill fewer toilet bowls than I would after a sixer of PBR. It's amazing, really. But I digress.
It turns out the the ket was filled with Michelob Light. And Michelob Light made the party. Michelob Light and me, of course, because I'm a lot of fun. A whole lot of fun. As much fun as the couple sucking face at the bar we went to later that night (after getting booted from the VFW), where she had him straddled with his flannel unbuttoned to the navel and her fingers wrapped in the tight curls of his chest rug as she tried to remove his Adam's apple with her tongue. I'm that much fun, and so is Michelob Light.
The beer had that classic "drink me by the case" body and a taste that compelled me to keep washing it down. I would have guessed the ABV at 3.5, but the Great and Powerful Internets declares it 4.3, which still falls into the category of "it takes a crap-ton to get drunk off these." That can be a good thing, like when you realize that your beer pong skills are covered in about 7 years' worth of rust, but the guy you're playing against insisted all the cups be about 3/4 full and you still have 6 hours of partying left to do. On a side note, I love Beer Pong. It's a true "gentleman's sport" and if I owned a bar it would have a beer pong table.
The smooth, easy-drinking taste of McLight was just as good while inverted for a kegstand. While I realize I am about 10 years too old for that shit, but so was everyone else and I did what had to be done to make sure that barrell went back empty the next day. Speaking of the next day, despite hours of pretty focused beer consumption and sleeping in a room where a menacing, oversized toy pony stared at me all night long, I awoke with no signs of headache or hangover whatsoever. Thanks McLight - I'm going to assume this is from your superior ingredients and quality control!
I have a lot of respect for Michelob and have been a fan of theirs for a long time. AmberBock is a good, solid beer, and Shock Top is probably my favorite of the macrobrewed wheat beers. I even have to admit to having some McLights hiding out in my beer fridge at this very moment, although they're not quite so good out of the can as they were on tap. Yes, I have a collection of exquisite 750ml Belgians quietly aging in my cellar and cans of Michelob Light in my fridge. I'm versatile. But when it comes to American macrobrews, I think Michelob is an often overlooked provider of Actual Decent Beer. So next time you want to hit the clubs and do a little Jersey Fist Pumping, don't say Miller or Bud, say Michelob. Obey me without question.
The beer had that classic "drink me by the case" body and a taste that compelled me to keep washing it down. I would have guessed the ABV at 3.5, but the Great and Powerful Internets declares it 4.3, which still falls into the category of "it takes a crap-ton to get drunk off these." That can be a good thing, like when you realize that your beer pong skills are covered in about 7 years' worth of rust, but the guy you're playing against insisted all the cups be about 3/4 full and you still have 6 hours of partying left to do. On a side note, I love Beer Pong. It's a true "gentleman's sport" and if I owned a bar it would have a beer pong table.
The smooth, easy-drinking taste of McLight was just as good while inverted for a kegstand. While I realize I am about 10 years too old for that shit, but so was everyone else and I did what had to be done to make sure that barrell went back empty the next day. Speaking of the next day, despite hours of pretty focused beer consumption and sleeping in a room where a menacing, oversized toy pony stared at me all night long, I awoke with no signs of headache or hangover whatsoever. Thanks McLight - I'm going to assume this is from your superior ingredients and quality control!
I have a lot of respect for Michelob and have been a fan of theirs for a long time. AmberBock is a good, solid beer, and Shock Top is probably my favorite of the macrobrewed wheat beers. I even have to admit to having some McLights hiding out in my beer fridge at this very moment, although they're not quite so good out of the can as they were on tap. Yes, I have a collection of exquisite 750ml Belgians quietly aging in my cellar and cans of Michelob Light in my fridge. I'm versatile. But when it comes to American macrobrews, I think Michelob is an often overlooked provider of Actual Decent Beer. So next time you want to hit the clubs and do a little Jersey Fist Pumping, don't say Miller or Bud, say Michelob. Obey me without question.
OK, so, was this actual Michelob Light? Or the dreaded Michelob Ultra? I ask only because since the advent of Michelob Ultra, Michelob Light seems to have gone the way of Michelob Dry (circa 1988). Agreed - Mich Light is pretty good. Why? Because it ain't very light - 123 calories per 12 oz as I recall. Once that little secret got out, we got Ultra, which tastes to me like a melted beer popsicle. Even the can sucks. On those occasions when I feel my way through the second-hand smoke toward a bar seat at the local American Legion, I sit and count NASCAR jackets and curse Jane Fonda whilst sipping $1.25 Yuengling Lager pints. But a real Michelob Light or, better yet, an old-fashioned Michelob will always taste pretty good.
ReplyDeleteI used to love Beer Pong, now they should change the name to Swine Flu.
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