Miller Lite

Brewed by Miller Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Pale Lager
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

(On tap) Pale golden with a small, white head. Very thin and watery, no malt, no bitterness. No nothing. 280306

Bottled. Very pale yellow, airy head. Vague vegetable aroma. Sweetish and bland with sharp metallic mouthfeel. Despite the assaulting compost heap flavour it feels empty. Unpleasant saccharine finish. I’m so glad they decided to market this superior product in Sweden, so that I got the chance to taste it finally.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear yellow with a quickly gone head. Mild grassy and vaguely metallic grainy aroma. Flavour is medium dry and grassy with a light bitterness and vague grainy note. Bitter and vaguely hoppy finish.

Bottle / can. This is a typical American light beer. Bland and uninteresting. Don’t let the marketing fool you.

Bottled (thanks omhper!). Yellowish golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is sweet hops, some malts and maize. Flavour is quite much the same. Clean and very flavourless.

Name: Miller Lite
Date: 05/19/2007
Mode: Can
Source: Tasting

clear dark yellow, fine white head, traces of lace, light sweet corn aroma and flavor, nice balancing floral hops, light lasting bitter finish,
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Date: 09/08/2007
Source: blind tasting
Score: 2.0 to 1.2

crystal clear light yellow, fine white head, light corn aroma with a touch of growing skunk character, light grain flavor with a decent amount of bitterness, hint of green apple,

Aroma: 2/10; Appearance: 4/10; Flavor: 2/10; Palate: 4/10; Overall: 4/20
Rating: 1.2/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: *+/4

First, let's put all of this "it's all about the numbers crap" by the wayside, shall we. This is an American classic, so what else would I drink on the 4th of July. Besides, it's the taste of a true pilsner. Apparently, Pilsner Urquell has it all wrong, which is funny because they're owned by the same company. D'oh! Pale yellow. Strange, I was expecting a rich bronze. After all, both Miller and Michael Jackson think that this is a pilsner. Aroma of cardboard, DMS and plastic. Since Jackson reckons this is a pilsner, and Miller says so themselves, I was kind of expecting a boatload of saaz or hallertau, punctuated by clean, refined continental pale malts. Undaunted though, because the world's top beer writer thinks this and its ilk are pilsners, I must be the one who's wrong. Now, I thought that maybe things would rectify themselves in the flavour and mouthfeel - you know, rich and hoppy, clean straw notes and a full rich body, leaving a lingering bitterness on the tongue. Yet strangely, this pilsner is completely different - vague DMS and pretty much nothing else. You know, when something is totally different than something else, it is kind of idiotic to suggest that they are the same. Anyone who wants to call beers like this pilsner is being terminally assinine. Thank you. And yes, it's all about the numbers.

Yellow water, dry mouthfeel, very light traces of cereals in the flavor. A punishment on Christmas day, but what else to look for in Corpus Christi / TX?