Depending on where you are a light beer means different things. For example the US and Canada it means low calorie, in Germany it means low alcohol (but not alcohol free).
Bud Light in the US is 4.2%, Michelob Light 4.3%, Coors Light 4.2% - in the UK Bud Light is only 3.4%, Tennants Light 3.5%, Machester Brewery Light 3.4%. You can remove alcohol to lower the calories, but in Europe Light distinctly refers to the alcohol, not the calories.
I was going to cite Oklahoma’s liquor laws limiting cold beer sold in grocery and convenience stores to 3.2%, but they’ve since updated that to 15% (as it applies to wine as well).
In Denmark the low-alcohol light beer has been almost completely replaced by non-alcoholic beer. People who want the beer without the buzz prefers no alcohol at all.
Really? Is that a non-US west thing? In my mind a light beer is usually 4-5%. Most of them are 4.2%.
Depending on where you are a light beer means different things. For example the US and Canada it means low calorie, in Germany it means low alcohol (but not alcohol free).
Session ales are also typically in the 3% range.
Alcohol content and calories are linked too, so low-cal beer is also low ABV
Bud Light in the US is 4.2%, Michelob Light 4.3%, Coors Light 4.2% - in the UK Bud Light is only 3.4%, Tennants Light 3.5%, Machester Brewery Light 3.4%. You can remove alcohol to lower the calories, but in Europe Light distinctly refers to the alcohol, not the calories.
In the US you can certainly find low alcohol beers like in the 3% range, but they’re very rare, you’d have to go looking for them specifically.
I was going to cite Oklahoma’s liquor laws limiting cold beer sold in grocery and convenience stores to 3.2%, but they’ve since updated that to 15% (as it applies to wine as well).
In Denmark the low-alcohol light beer has been almost completely replaced by non-alcoholic beer. People who want the beer without the buzz prefers no alcohol at all.