Bud or BudLight, which is better?

[dswoodley]

Which beer is better and why? Bud or BudLight?

I hang out in alot of redneck bars, you cant imagine how much this topic comes up.

[Tequila Grandma]

Neither :D

Bud = http://homepage.mac.com/soggybagel/.Pictures/barfsmiley.gif

If I absolutely have to drink a widely popular beer (Actually, most of the time, I prefer not the drink beer at all - give me peppermint schnappes and chocolate syrup), I'll have a duel in my stomach between Heiniken and Pabst Blue Ribbon, as a tribute to one of my favorite films, "Blue Velvet" :D

[applemacdude]

None: Tecate's or Corona's

Bub+ BUd light= nasty

or just a nice glass of red wine yummy

[Sun Baked]

Neither, I'd rather use a dedicated toilet bowl cleanser when cleaning the toilet.

Plus if you forget to take the empties outside, there's that stale beer stench.

[dswoodley]

I know they both suck (well I think bud light is kinda good), but if you were forced to drink one - which would it be and why?

[rainman::|:|]

rolling rock.

between the two given, and throw in Busch for fun... i'd kill myself. awful, awful piss water.

you asked :)
pnw

[JPGR_Fan]

Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, so I find the question significant and serious. Bud has more taste than Bud Light in my opinion. If I want to save calories these days, I drink Michelob Ultra.

[wdlove]

Beer is beer, a nasty taste. I agree some red wine at least there are some heath benefits!

[etoiles]

Originally posted by applemacdude
None: Tecate's or Corona's


TECATE, yessssssss...the inofficial "loungin' desert beer" (www.spacelounge.com, don't ask ;-)

[alset]

Drinking Bud Light right now. Better because it's smoother, but I am comfortable with both. For real beer I buy Sam Smith (try the Winter Welcome).

Dan

[Vector]

I would have to agree most others on the board that neither of them are good.

My favorites are guiness, killians, red stripe, and kronenbourg 1664.

[3rdpath]

hmmmm...horse pee or horse pee light?

a taste test i'll leave to other braver souls.

[shecky]

for anyone familair with Providence, Rhode Island there is a little bar here called The Wickeden Pub. Thier motto, which is emblazoned on anything and everything from bumper stickers to ladies panties is oddly appropriate here:

"Life's too short for sh***y beer."

for me personally, its guinness stout or nothing.

[zimv20]

Originally posted by dswoodley
Which beer is better and why? Bud or BudLight?

I hang out in alot of redneck bars, you cant imagine how much this topic comes up.

i can't imagine sitting through more than 10 seconds of such a conversation.

[Peyote]

Budweiser is the beer of rednecks and high school kids who don't know any better.


In order, these are my favorites:


Dos Equis Special w/lime of course (my all time fav)

Corona w/lime

Shiner Bock (brewed just 2 hours from me in Shiner, TX)

Coors light (if I have to drink a cheap beer)




BTW...I had a keg of Dos Equis at my wedding....THAT was some serious beer drinking.

[zimv20]

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[Jerry Spoon]

Ah...a topic of serious consideration when you're living at the home of AB's largest brewery.

That being said, Bud Light is most popular in St. Louis and is not a favorite of mine, but I do drink it when it's available. It's kind of like everybody's "back-up beer" in St. Louis.

My favorites that I'll drink when available:
(in no particular order)
Amber Bach (AB product)
Corona w/ Lime (You call Bud Light horse pee: try this w/o lime and it's really nasty)
Killians Red

[gello2424]

Bud light!!!
Can't get a hangover from water.

[Vector]

Originally posted by Peyote

Shiner Bock (brewed just 2 hours from me in Shiner, TX)



I forgot about Shiner. I have had it a couple of times and it was very good.

[mactastic]

I think I'd rather stay sober. No Buttwiper for me thanks!

My favorite: Boont Oatmeal Stout:D

[dynamicd]

Haha, I go to the University of Iowa...whatever you can get that is cheap and get you drunk is a beer worth buying. Budlight is one of the more popular ones at school. I'm not a big fan, but hey, after a few shots I don't really give a damn.

[MattG]

Neither. "Pisswater" comes to mind when I think of either of them.

I'd have to say Amber Bock is my favorite.

[jxyama]

Originally posted by JPGR_Fan
Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, so I find the question significant and serious. Bud has more taste than Bud Light in my opinion. If I want to save calories these days, I drink Michelob Ultra.

one thing with michelob ultra is that its bottle is smaller... so part of the "carbs" you are saving is due to the fact you are drinking less! :D

to the original post, i like budweiser among all other cheap beers (coors, miller...) and i think i prefer bud light over regular bud.

[TEG]

Bud lite is better than Bud, but they both still suck.

Better Beers:
(Not Import Versions of the following)
Kokane
Molson Canadian
Molson ICE
------------------
Rainier
Alaskan Amber
Keystone Light
Red Dog

Personally, Give me Vodka, Rum & Pepsi (Not Coke), or some Jack Daniels.

TEG

[Vector]

Originally posted by TEG

Personally, Give me Vodka, Rum & Pepsi (Not Coke), or some Jack Daniels.


I'll second the vodka part of that. Grey goose is my alcohol of choice.

[ColoJohnBoy]

Bleah. Neither is very good. And neither is Coors. I'm a Fat Tire man. Best microbrew out there. Not that I know that, though, seeing as how I'm not even twenty :D

[hulugu]

so said Ben Franklin.

Bud is for high school kids and hicks
Bud light is for their girl-friends

Best Beers:

Guiness (can't live without a Black & Tan)
Negro Modelo/Tecate (if you can find Tecate in the bottle, it aint worth it)
Pacifico for the cheap, Corona with enchildadas.

[dswoodley]

This is great feedback....

strangely though, I never encounter a Coors vs. Coors Light debate in these bars....

[jxyama]

Originally posted by hulugu
so said Ben Franklin.

Bud is for high school kids and hicks
Bud light is for their girl-friends

Best Beers:

Guiness (can't live without a Black & Tan)
Negro Modelo/Tecate (if you can find Tecate in the bottle, it aint worth it)
Pacifico for the cheap, Corona with enchildadas.

you made a pretty good point about the bud's, it was mildly funny and you had my respect until you mentioned the black and tan. that's a waste, IMO. guinness should be enjoyed on its own and so should bass. :D

[hulugu]

I will admit that a slightly-warm Guiness poured straight into a large glass is very good stuff, but the Black and Tan is IMHO a great combination of bitter tastes that is the essence of a good beer.
And Bass is pretty good out of the bottle too.
BTW, the new Guiness bottles actually work pretty well.

[Gymnut]

Don't mind drinking Bud-Lite, but I'm more of a Corona guy.

[mactastic]

Ahh.. I'll take a good reposado tequilla anytime. With salt and lime please!:D

[Mike Teezie]

If FORCED to drink one of the two, I'll drink Budweiser (aka BudFat or RedWhite&Blues)

My personal favs:
Shiner Bock and Shiner Blonde
Corona w/lime
Red Stripe
Dos Equis

There are some excellent tastes on this board.

[G4scott]

Originally posted by Peyote
Shiner Bock (brewed just 2 hours from me in Shiner, TX)

Ahh yes! Shiner Bock, the official beer of the University of Texas Longhorn Band Trumpet Section. Much better than bud or bud light, but more expensive...

I see bud and bud light as beer for those who don't have enough money for something better who want to get drunk

although it takes more bud to affect me than Shiner Bock (besides the fact that shiner tastes better), which makes me wonder, why buy more cheap beer when you just need a few good beers?

I guess people here like bud and bud light at parties, because if you want to get drunk you have more, and if you don't want to get that drunk, you don't drink as much... But it's usually at parties where the people hosting are kinda cheap...

[Jerry Spoon]

Originally posted by ColoJohnBoy
Bleah. Neither is very good. And neither is Coors. I'm a Fat Tire man. Best microbrew out there. Not that I know that, though, seeing as how I'm not even twenty :D

Fat Tire. That's a good beer too. Hadn't had it in awhile but I think I'm going out to get some tonight. thanks for the reminder.:)

[Roger1]

My wife is a bud light fan. I won't touch the stuff. My preferences are (when I feel like a beer)

Corona
Zima
Bud Dry
a fourth type of beer (but I can't remember the name right now)

[actripxl]

Corona or a nice big bottle of Presidente!

[Aeolius]

Originally posted by Peyote
Budweiser is the beer of rednecks...

As I am part owner of an Anheuser-Busch distributorship in North Carolina, I thank the gods for rednecks and their beer preferences on a daily basis. :D

[iGav]

Originally posted by gello2424
Bud light!!!
Can't get a hangover from water.

What's a hangover??? ;) :D :D

I've never had one... I'm figuring I'm (still) at that age (25) when hangovers don't happen... I think that they kick in post 30's or something...

I thank my lucky barmaid that I've never had a hangover... I'm one of those people that the morning after, I'm like a space hopper, all bouncy and happy with zero headaches or fear of the fry up.... ;) :D

Also Bud in the UK is truly terrible... no where near the quality of the U.S. version... ;)

me, I drink bulmers finest... Strongbow.. :D :D :D

[chadfromdallas]

Originally posted by iGAV
What's a hangover??? ;) :D :D

I've never had one... I'm figuring I'm (still) at that age (25) when hangovers don't happen... I think that they kick in post 30's or something...


lol, hangovers at a certain age.

[iGav]

Originally posted by chadfromdallas
lol, hangovers at a certain age.

*grins* it's true... 30 is Domesday.... I'm dreading it... :eek: :eek: :p

[Roger1]

Originally posted by iGAV
What's a hangover??? ;) :D :D

I've never had one... I'm figuring I'm (still) at that age (25) when hangovers don't happen... I think that they kick in post 30's or something...


Oh, no they don't :D Your not drinking the right stuff. I've had only 2 hangovers in my life- a minor one on Budweiser :rolleyes: and a nasty, nasty one on sloe gin, cool aid, and a couple of 40 oz's of beer. :D It took me over a day to recover. :p

Needless to say, I don't drink sloe gin any more.

[Jerry Spoon]

Originally posted by Roger1
My wife is a bud light fan. I won't touch the stuff. My preferences are (when I feel like a beer)

Corona
Zima
Bud Dry
a fourth type of beer (but I can't remember the name right now)

I can tell you're not a beer drinker if you think Zima is a beer!

[Roger1]

No, I've never been much of a beer drinker. However, I've always liked Zima for some reason. Maybe it's the shape of the can :p

[Kwyjibo]

... well being underage but still lovign to drink you realize u can't complain and you have to just get whatever you can...

Most of the place around here either have kegs of natural light or high society or at the very worst old style. ...all very nasty beers. Or my favorite of them PBR. IN cans yo have the option of an icehouse...good for getting messed up...or a keystone light or sometimes a blight or a miller light but since were all underage we settle for what we can get. Occasionaly we get a bottle of skol vodka tho...that stuff is nasty.

[chief_wiggum_PI]

This is why rednecks need to get out of the gene pool. Good god, they both are like the froth left the floor of breweries, then mopped up with moldy towels and then hand rung into rusty vats.

[Sun Baked]

Welcome to 2003

I thought something this old would be in the archive by now. :(

[chief_wiggum_PI]

Welcome to 2003

I thought something this old would be in the archive by now. :(

What? I'm working my way back into these older threads. Are you threatening me?
;)

[wozzlewoozle]

Bud is awful.

I will second that Fat tire comment, I had quite a bit while I was in colorado for a few weeks last summer.

Try to find a good local brew. Otherwise some good beers.

Leffe Blonde
Guinness
Boddington's
Duvel
Hoeggarden
Red stripe

There are som many others

[barneygumble]

I brew my own beer, cheaper tastier and lots more alcohol in it (9%) :D
Commercial beers taste like rat's pi**, no guts!!!

[Cinch]

I can totally relate. I lused ive in a one bar town (1500 people, but only one liquor license). It is a typical farm-depot town, and the agruement center around MGD vs. Micholob Ultra.

Okay, I don't mind drinking either. Of all the working man's beers that I drank, MGD is probably the one that most people can agree upon.

BTW don't let these wine snobs get you down :D

you got to keep it real!!

from experience, I have a lot more stories to tell living in this one bar town than I ever did in Washington D.C.

[Nanda Devi]

Echoing most of the statements thus far, both Bud and Bud Light are pi$$ and I wouldn't drink them except in the most desperate of situations.

Miller and Miller Lt. are just as bad; Miller High Life is the only cheap beer I can stomach.

Used to be a huge Labatt Blue fan, but ever since I discovered Bells Oberon and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, it tastes terrible to me. I also second the Fat Tire comments... great brew, too bad we don't have it here in the Midwest. But I've got one foot out the door to the Mountain West, so hopefully my fridge will be stocked with it before long! :)

[YS2003]

I think both are cheap beer for people who want to get drunk. I don't drink beer any more as beer makes you fat (beer taxes your liver, makes you fat, and etc). Alcohol is a toxin for your body and your liver first tries to get rid of alcohol (which delays its other functions such as producing enzyme to break down fats and other foods).

[dswoodley]

Wow, how did this thread get opened up? Anyway, what's funny is that the bar I talked about in my first post where the guys talked about B v. BL, burned down after a couple of local good ol boys got in a fight over dipsh*t arguments like B vs BL. It was replaced by a martini bar.

[katchow]

rolling rock.

between the two given, and throw in Busch for fun... i'd kill myself. awful, awful piss water.

you asked :)
pnw


i'm afraid i'd have to throw rolling rock in the same category w/ all the other "watery-domestics"

[Guitarius]

The best tasting beer ever is Olde Foghorn Ale. When it's dollar bottle night, gotta go with the Guiness Extra Stout. Then every saturday is dollar Amber Bock. Amber Bock is decent, but its too mass produced. I agree about Fat Tire. That's some good stuff. Newcastle brown ale is good too.

Anyway. Drink good beer. Please. Throw out that Natty.

[XNine]

NEwcastle, Fat tire, Guiness, and the occasional heineken or heifevessen will do it for me. I don't drink that American pisswater beer. Or "yard beer" as I like to refer to it.

[stonyc]

I know they both suck (well I think bud light is kinda good), but if you were forced to drink one - which would it be and why?Could I chew off my foot instead?

[GanChan]

Wow, how did this thread get opened up? Anyway, what's funny is that the bar I talked about in my first post where the guys talked about B v. BL, burned down after a couple of local good ol boys got in a fight over dipsh*t arguments like B vs BL. It was replaced by a martini bar.

If it's the same clientele, they're probably having debates over Popov vs. Skol vodka.... :eek:

For me? Paulaner Hefeweizen. :)

[Abstract]

Leffe Blonde
Guinness
Boddington's
Duvel
Hoeggarden
Red stripe

There are som many others

Oh man, Leffe is great, but Leffe Brun is the best beer in the entire world. Blonde is okay. Throw in a few ambers into the list, and I'll consider your list complete.

[Josh]

If I go to a bar, and they don't have Guinness, I will never go there again.

I have yet to find a beer other than Guinness that is even worth drinking, let alone enjoying.

Bud+Bud Light+Miller+the rest of the domestics = beer flavored alcoholic water. I honestly don't know how people can drink it.

But to each, their own.

[wrxguy]

Budwieser all the way! They did a thing where they came around to different bars with beer that had been brewed less than 24 hours ago and it was delicious! Although I prefer Bud over Bud light, Corona is my mexican beer, and I am also a huge "newcastle" fan ...

[macartistkel]

I only drink Heineken, New Castle, or Woodchuck (if I am craving some Apple Cider)...however back in my college days I would drink about any beer--BUT seriously, Bud Light and Budweiser are totally disgusting! I went to a Jack Johnson concert a couple of weeks ago and the only beer that was served inside the park was MILLER LIGHT. I swear I got a hangover that night on my way home--that beer is truly the worst. The only light beer I will drink is Sam Adams or Amstel Light, they are ok. :)

[CanadaRAM]

B.C. Bud....

[njstaffer]

Budwieser all the way! They did a thing where they came around to different bars with beer that had been brewed less than 24 hours ago and it was delicious! Although I prefer Bud over Bud light, Corona is my mexican beer, and I am also a huge "newcastle" fan ...


Well played on the Corona! Corona with a lime, nothin better...except Rum and Pepsi, Vodka and Mountain Dew, and Jack and Coke.

Go Liquor! :D

[takao]

luckily a 0.33 liter bottle of US Bud costs around 1.29 €* so i'll never end at a party with bud/bud light as long as 0.5 liter cans of better tasting beers are available for a 1/3 of that price

i would rather drink coke mixed with beer (at the moment that is the "hip" thing for breweries over here.. some say it really tastes good.. and some bars are offering beer mixed with red bull... urgh)

[Guitarius]

Corona? Jesus. What's wrong with you people? It's bottled Mexican piss.

[asxtb]

Any local Chinese brew isn't too bad. And sure can't beat the price of about $0.25 a bottle. (A big bottle too!) Otherwise, I drink Kirin Ichiban. Hey, with it in the name it has to be 'number 1!'

[obeygiant]

googlefight

says

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=budweiser&word2=bud+light

bud light: 6,290,000 results

to

bud: 3,080,000 results


coke/pepsi


http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=coke&word2=pepsi

coke: 17,000,000 results

pepsi: 11,000,000 results

[Lord Blackadder]

The following are all cheapo crap beers (including their light version or ice version):

Bud, Miller, Busch, Keystone, Roling Rock, Michelob, Milwaukee's Best, Natural Light, Red Dog, Corona, Heineken, PBR, Stroh's, Labatt

These are all quantity beers, good for swilling in large amounts or drinking at parties when nothing else is around. If you're gonna go this route you might as well throw in Olde English 800 and Colt 45 too.

Better:

Killian's Irish Red, Sam Adams, Stella Artois, Guiness, Dos Equis Amber/Lager, Yeungling Lager/Amber, Sapporo

Best:

Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold, Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Stout, Murphy's Irish Stout, Rare Vos Belgian Ale

There's probably a bunch I forgot or haven't tried yet...but this was just off the top of my head.

[obeygiant]

sierra nevada

[Zaid]

I'm stiking to the consensus. Both are utter piss water.

If i want i bud i drink Budvar Budweiser. The origional

Best beer in the world: The dark Velkopopovitcky Kozel

[Les Kern]

That's like asking me "Do you like dysentary, or do you like non-specific anus bleeds?"

Visit ratebeer.com to find out why beer is an art, and some makers can barely use a crayon. Of course folks have their own tastes and that's just fine. One Bud on a hot day is okay, but I'd never make a habit of it. Anchor Steam, Bass Ale... I prefer beers with a little more personality.

[Les Kern]

Corona? Jesus. What's wrong with you people? It's bottled Mexican piss.

Girly beer. Men HAVE to have a lemon to help mask any beer taste at all.

[Les Kern]

i'm afraid i'd have to throw rolling rock in the same category w/ all the other "watery-domestics"

I have fond memories of Rolling Rock. For a malt liqour it isn't bad. As a teenager I could hoist a few of those ponies. Oh, and Miller ponies too.

[Les Kern]

No, I've never been much of a beer drinker. However, I've always liked Zima for some reason. Maybe it's the shape of the can :p


Who are you? Rusty? :)
Zima's wasn't originally designed for human consuption. I believe the inventor was TRYING to make a better anti-freeze... or a transfusion substitute... I can't remember.

[Hoef]

shiner bock

[m-dogg]

B.C. Bud....

you don't drink kokane (sp?)?

[m-dogg]

I don't like bud or bud light. though I'll take bud if I had choose. bud light is the worst...light...beer...ever

I like all different types of beer - lately I've been on a Harpoon Munich Dark kick though...

[Lord Blackadder]

That's like asking me "Do you like dysentary, or do you like non-specific anus bleeds?"

Visit ratebeer.com to find out why beer is an art, and some makers can barely use a crayon. Of course folks have their own tastes and that's just fine. One Bud on a hot day is okay, but I'd never make a habit of it. Anchor Steam, Bass Ale... I prefer beers with a little more personality.

Dysentary, if I had to choose...

ratebeer and beeradvocate are great for checking out different kinds of beer, but there a bunch of elitists on there that act like they've never had a macrobrew in their lives and anyone who does is a knuckle-dragger.

Bass is good, anchor steam is so-so for me but not bad. Lately I've gotten more into porter and stout.

[Les Kern]

Dysentary, if I had to choose...

ratebeer and beeradvocate are great for checking out different kinds of beer, but there a bunch of elitists on there that act like they've never had a macrobrew in their lives and anyone who does is a knuckle-dragger.

Bass is good, anchor steam is so-so for me but not bad. Lately I've gotten more into porter and stout.

Nothing better than a REALLY good Porter. Of course my limit is a sad "one", but that said, two is my top-most limit. Anchor has a great "bite" to it. You know you're drinking it. BUT, it's more of a beer to have with a good sandwich than a beer to have alone. Stout and Porter, however, ARE a meal! :)
ratebeer was just a suggestion to folks who want to explore the almost endless world of beer... good and bad.