How Light Can A Light Beer Get?

Bud Select 55, originally uploaded by mitchancona.

How Light Can A Light Beer Get?

With the introduction of their Bud Select 55, Anheuser-Busch has just answered that question. At 55 calories and 1.9g of carbohydrates, Bud Select 55 edges out Miller's MGD 64 by 9 calories and .5 grams of carbs for the worlds lightest beer. I tried one the other day just to see what a 55 calorie beer tastes like. Here are my tasting notes:

"In the glass the color is a crystal clear, burnt yellow with a short-lived, clean white head. The nose is chock full of grain with perhaps a hint of sweet malt. The mouth is ultra thin with active prickly carbonation. The flavor is hard to describe because it is somewhat non-existant. It tastes like beer infused seltzer water. (2.4%ABV)"

For comparison sake here is a list of some popular beers with their calorie content along with a list of everyday activities and how many calories a 170 lb man would burn performing the activity for 30 minutes.

Budweiser 143
Pabst Blue Ribbon 153
Sam Adams Boston Lager 160
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 175
Guinness Draught 125
Corona 148
Heineken 166

Grocery Shopping 135
Hiking 231
Jumping Rope 386
Mowing the lawn 212
Shoveling Snow 231
Vacuuming 96
Walking (moderate pace) 115

Personally I'll stick to drinking Guinness Draught and keeping my house well vacuumed.