Coors Light

Brewed by Coors Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Pale Lager
Golden, Colorado USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

UPDATED: JUN 28, 2010 There is no doubt this is a cheaper beer. Extremely light color. Not a strong taste - has that cheapness to it. But in all fairness, it is drinkable if you plan on drinking to drink, not to enjoy. One of the better light, cheap beers.

My least favorite beer of all time. No thanks. I’d rather have water. Epic fail!

Bottle. Pale yellow colour with small white mostly diminishing head. Weak malty aroma with grainy notes. Sweet flavor. Watery palate.

dirty cheap and almost flavorless. this is pretty un offensive and with all the can gimmicks it is a bit different than all the other crap lagers. you know what you are getting when you buy it

Draft at Bally’s Las Vegas Sully’s Bar. Ok, late at night when you want a light, cold beer.

Not a bad pale lager at all. Often have it in a can. A light golden beer which smells musky/bitter. The taste is also bitter, but not bad. It really is pretty refreshing though, especially from an ice cold can.

Water with grass flavoring and a dash of alcohol and metal. barf! The silver bullet should be used to kill yourself if you consider this a good beer.

Is it possible for a beer to truly be “refreshing”? That word implies a restoration of energy, but it’s a scientific fact that alcohol dehydrates the body and depresses the brain, so how can it be refreshing? But I have to give the brewers of Coors Light credit, because this beer comes awfully close. It’s not exactly alcoholic Gatorade, but it is easy to drink because it’s so plain.

POUR, COLOR AND AROMA

Coors Light is rarely poured from anything other than a tap. After pouring my “Silver Bullet” can I realized why this is the case – because it forms a huge layer of bright white, fizzy head that disappears in a matter of seconds. This is something I’d expect to see in a soda, not a beer. The carbonation action is also so intense the beer is actually quite noisy from all the bubbling action. However, once the head dissolves it becomes silent and tepid.

The body is a bright, almost luminous shade of crystal-clear white gold. The scent is a generic, grainy “beer smell” with corn, or possibly some adjunct ingredient, being the most prominent in the nose. Oddly, it’s actually quite sweet-smelling.

TASTE

It’s probably not a good sign when the first flavor you can detect in a beer is water. Coors Light lives up to its name well as its palate is extremely generic with a watery taste on top of that. I did not taste any hops or malts here, just a mixture of adjuncts such as rice and corn. However, the beer does have something of an underlying, sweet flavor. In fact, the flavor is quite clean and crisp like a pilsner, but with even less intensity. It’s bland to be sure, but at least it doesn’t taste bad.

FINISH

It’s no surprise that a beer that tastes so watery would finish so smoothly. What’s interesting is the finish is proportionate to the amount of carbonation. After it’s poured, Coors Light is lively which gives it a bit of an edge to its finish, but as it inevitably settles down to complete boredom the finish becomes even smoother. In fact, it’s almost a little too smooth if such a thing is possible.

BODY

These are the stats a light beer usually strives for: 4.2% ABV, 5 grams of carbs, and 102 calories per serving. That makes this beer a perfect component for any type of social situation which involves gorging on large amounts of food (dining out, BBQs, etc.) or where the beer is drunk for its alcohol and won’t overwhelm the drinker (parties, clubs, etc). To criticize its light body would be a complete and total redundancy.

FINAL THOUGHTS

No beer drinker would likely drink Coors Light on its own for any qualities it may possess. As a compliment to food or a party drink it suffices, but we can all admit this isn’t a high-quality brew. Would just a bit more flavor be too much to ask for?

NOTE: watch the video version of this review at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTtvbmwy32M