"Nine Beers Americans No Longer Drink"

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The beer I would get rid of is Heineken.

It’s been about 15 years since I drank one. I was drunk and out of beer, gas station a mile away. I was drunk enough to decide to walk to the gas station to get more beer. I was drunk enough to decide to buy Heineken even though I don’t like it. I was not drunk enough to finish that 22 ounce bottlle.

If I think about it, I can still taste it.
 
1moretimeagain said:
The beer I would get rid of is Heineken.

It’s been about 15 years since I drank one. I was drunk and out of beer, gas station a mile away. I was drunk enough to decide to walk to the gas station to get more beer. I was drunk enough to decide to buy Heineken even though I don’t like it. I was not drunk enough to finish that 22 ounce bottlle.

If I think about it, I can still taste it.
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Heineken in Amsterdam is excellent (as is Amstel, for that matter).

Heineken in green bottles in the US is just whatever at best, and skunky at worst.
 
Centerpiece said:
The main thing I learned is that American beer like Budweiser, etc. is/was total shite. Horse piss at best.
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Just a distinction here… Cheap American domestic beer has never been of the quality of inexpensive beer you’d find in Europe. But as for “American beer…” as a whole, that was only true in the ‘80s when you lived there, but not for much longer afterward. By the late ‘90s early ‘00s, the whole beer brewing world was playing catch-up, chasing American craft brewers and trying to imitate their beers (and mostly failing).

Since that boom, with very few exceptions, we have examples of nearly every style imaginable that are on par with the best old-world brewers. And many newer styles that nobody else even comes close to. In every US region and in most locales.

And many of those old-world brewers would tell you that themselves.
 
donbosco said:

9. Milwaukee’s Best Light
8. Miller High Life Light
7. Amstel Light
6. Miller Genuine Draft
5. Old Milwaukee
4. Milwaukee’s Best
3. Budweiser Select
2. Michelob Light
1. Michelob

Article is from 2012 -- wonder what a 2025 version of this piece might say?

Go back farther and you would find folks drinking a strange brew called Schlitz all over the place. I did drink a good deal of Milwaukee's Beast back in those days as well as some good amount of Iron City. Red, White, and Blue was always the cheapest thing going.
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Man, those are some terrible beers. I do not miss drinking that swill during my college years.

These days I'm more interested in THC gummies and seltzers than alcohol. No hangover is wonderful, although the munchies aren't helping me lose weight 😒
 
According to NIQ the following are the current top-selling beers in the US:

  1. Modelo Especial
  2. Bud Light
  3. Michelob Ultra
  4. Coors Light
  5. Corona Extra
  6. Miller Lite
  7. Budweiser
  8. Busch Light
  9. Natural Light
  10. Heineken Original
 
What are the 10 most popular beers in America?

While Americans may buy more of the aforementioned beers , they aren’t necessarily the ones people enjoy drinking the most. At least that is what data from YouGov would indicate. As of the first quarter of 2025 the following brews are the most popular:
Brand Popularity Fame
1. Guinness 55% 93%
2. Heineken 51% 93%
3. Corona Extra 49% 93%
4. Corona 48% 93%
5. Blue Moon 45% 86%
6. Stella Artois 44% 84%
7. Michelob Light 44% 87%
8. Samuel Adams 44% 84%
9. Miller Genuine Draft 42% 80%
10. Modelo 42% 86%
 
evrheel said:
What are the 10 most popular beers in America?

While Americans may buy more of the aforementioned beers , they aren’t necessarily the ones people enjoy drinking the most. At least that is what data from YouGov would indicate. As of the first quarter of 2025 the following brews are the most popular:
Brand Popularity Fame
1. Guinness 55% 93%
2. Heineken 51% 93%
3. Corona Extra 49% 93%
4. Corona 48% 93%
5. Blue Moon 45% 86%
6. Stella Artois 44% 84%
7. Michelob Light 44% 87%
8. Samuel Adams 44% 84%
9. Miller Genuine Draft 42% 80%
10. Modelo 42% 86%
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That Guinness tops that list is very surprising to me. Back during the pandemic I started really digging Guinness and had a couple of the Nitrogen in the Can version pretty much every night. I don't mind the nitrogen/bottles -- they're better than most and I even enjoy the classically bottled version. I do not much appreciate the coffee flavored brand or the hepped up gravity cans. I drink other stouts as well but nothing hits me quite like Guinness and of course on tap is also a favorite. I have noticed that one of my go-to bars in #WestHarlem now carries Guinness on tap -- just started in fact -- so maybe the popularity is on the rise.

My other go-to is Negra Modelo (Cerveza Negra is the unspoken phrase and is why the descriptor does not appear to 'agree' with the brand word Modelo as in Negro Modelo). Its the best beer I've had from Mexico though there once was a dark/amber brew from Yucatan called Montejo that was superb. Haven't been there in many years but I haven't seen it in the States.

There's nothing quite as good as a cold Modelo Especial after mowing the yard and grilling out.
 
Guinness being the most popular beer really surprises me as well. I certainly can enjoy a Guinness during a cold winter evening. I just don't see it as an all season beer.
 
donbosco said:
That Guinness tops that list is very surprising to me. Back during the pandemic I started really digging Guinness and had a couple of the Nitrogen in the Can version pretty much every night. I don't mind the nitrogen/bottles -- they're better than most and I even enjoy the classically bottled version. I do not much appreciate the coffee flavored brand or the hepped up gravity cans. I drink other stouts as well but nothing hits me quite like Guinness and of course on tap is also a favorite. I have noticed that one of my go-to bars in #WestHarlem now carries Guinness on tap -- just started in fact -- so maybe the popularity is on the rise.
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I wonder if Guinness is so popular - when asked what someone likes rather than counting what folks drink - simply because it’s the best known stout in America.

In a lot of bars/restaurants, Guinness is the only stout or porter available. So I’m curious if a lot of folks, given the rise of craft beers and beer snobs, know they’re not “supposed” to say their favorite beer is some common beer and so they default to the “fancier” beers they know like Guinness, Heineken, & Blue Moon.
 
ZenMode said:
What????? In what form and how much daily usage?
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Dude, cannabis is fucking cheap now. 1g of a good cannabis vape is like $7-8 now, in most weed legal states. I guess my $3 was a bit of an exaggeration; $4 is probably closer. I don't know how to evaluate usage as I have no idea how to measure what I use nor what "normal" would be -- but I would have trouble believing that a casual user could rip through 1g all that much more quickly than my wife and me.
 
superrific said:
Dude, cannabis is fucking cheap now. 1g of a good cannabis vape is like $7-8 now, in most weed legal states. I guess my $3 was a bit of an exaggeration; $4 is probably closer. I don't know how to evaluate usage as I have no idea how to measure what I use nor what "normal" would be -- but I would have trouble believing that a casual user could rip through 1g all that much more quickly than my wife and me.
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Obviously you live in Michigan. Other legal weed states aren’t nearly as cheap. That’s why the black market continues to thrive.
 
farce© said:
Obviously you live in Michigan. Other legal weed states aren’t nearly as cheap. That’s why the black market continues to thrive.
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yeah, i've recently bought stuff from dispensaries in MD, NY and NJ and the 1g vapes are nowhere near $7-8.

$40-$50.

the concentrates black market thriving is very unfortunate, most of that shit is fake and potentially quite harmful.
 
Tuborg was 1.29 a six at Fowlers in 1974.To our distress it went up to 1.39 next year. Tuborg got a mention in a Jimmy Buffet song,iirc

Anybody have any cans of Billy Beer in the basement?
 
BubbaOtis said:
Tuborg was 1.29 a six at Fowlers in 1974.To our distress it went up to 1.39 next year. Tuborg got a mention in a Jimmy Buffet song,iirc

Anybody have any cans of Billy Beer in the basement?
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I miss Fowlers Not so much Tuborg
 
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