Bud Light Lime

[Ace]

I earned new respect for Bud Light Lime the other night.

I was at a party where the bottle beers were free, but I would be driving later. I had a few longnecks then decided to try to the Bud Light Lime that was the only one left in the ice bucket at that moment.

That beer did a terrific job of making me not want to drink any more beer the rest of the night, and I was able to drive home safe and sober.

Thanks, BLL!

 

[TigerVols]

It truly is disgusting.

 

[Chef2]

This

beats the hell out of

 

[Buck]

I love lime.
I love beer.
I like beer with lime.
I don't not like Bud Light Lime.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Why would you ever put a lime in beer?

 

[swingline]

For the same reason that you'd put clam juice in it. Because you're addled.

 

[Buck]

A lime with an ice-cold Tecate on a hot day? that's delicious and refreshing.

 

[Lugnuts]

Between Bud Lime, Helen Mirren's nonsensical PSA and Peyton Manning pissing away $3M in free advertising, why would anyone ever want to drink Bud again ?

 

[Buck]

I used to have this exchange with my father frequently - about garnishing beers, that is, not about Helen Mirren and Peyton Manning.
I wouldn't have a lime with every beer. I don't want to put lime in my Stone smoked porter or Founder's ReDankulous red IPA.
And I don't care for most flavored beers or krieks or lambics. Not usually my thing.
But I do like a lime with certain beers on occasion.

My father would say 'If the beer's any good you don't need to put stuff in it.'
And I'd say 'Did you put milk and sugar in your tea this morning? Did you put milk in with your shredded wheat? Is mom just going to throw a chuck roast into the pressure cooker on Sunday or is she going to add some other things when she makes your pot roast? Do you put salt and pepper on a steak?'

At that point, he would complain about Donovan McNabb or Ted Kennedy or say Ryan Howard strikes out too much.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Those are horrible analogies. Beer is the product of a recipe that someone crafted to produce a specific taste. It's not a hunk of unseasoned meat or a crappy coffee that needs its flaws covered up.

 

[poindexter]

A lime with a frigging Corona isn't the end of the world.

Beer snobs are the worst.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Corona is crap when brewed and crap when served because it's lightstruck. It's awful and the lime is there only to hide it's awfulness. Go on drinking it, but there are beers crafted to be light and refreshing without needing a lime to cover up its flaws.

 

[BDC99]

I am not a beer snob. ****, I drink Miller Lite in mass quantities. But Buck's pop is correct. Good beer shouldn't need added garnishes. And the only beer I've had that is close to the disgust level of BLL is Leiney's Summer Shandy. Brutal. BLL might be the only cold beer Ive ever actually poured out.

 

[Buck]

Those are horrible analogies. Beer is the product of a recipe that someone crafted to produce a specific taste. It's not a hunk of unseasoned meat or a crappy coffee that needs its flaws covered up.

I don't think it's a bad analogy at all.
There are some very serious teas and tea drinkers. People often add milk or sugar or lemon to their Earl Grey.
If I go to Ruth's Chris or another nice steakhouse, I'm probably adding pepper to my steak.
Germans make a radler by mixing 50% hefeweizen with 50% lemonade.
The Belgians brew some beers with fruit, but I don't usually care for those styles. Not all lambics, krieks or framboise have fruit, I understand that.
Anyway, if I'm having a garnish with a beer, it's almost always a lime, and I'd rather add the fruit ionstead of having it brewed into the beer.
Fresh cracked pepper can also be a nice garnish from some pale ales.

 

[Buck]

I agree that Leiny's Summer Shandy is vile, but it based on the idea of the radler, which people drink in Germany.
I love beer, but the idea that adding a lime to a Tecate or a Sierra Nevada Pale ale is somehow just wrong is beyond me.

I lime with a seltzer or a cola is nice, too.

 

[Buck]

I like ice cream, and some times I put whipped cream on it.
Not always, but some times.

 

[Buck]

In the running for worst beer I've ever had:

 

[Rhody31]

So many hardos on this thread.
If you like sweet, BLL is fine. I enjoy it.
Now if you want to talk about gross ****, let's talk about Nestle brand water.

 

[BDC99]

I agree that Leiny's Summer Shandy is vile, but it based on the idea of the radler, which people drink in Germany.
I love beer, but the idea that adding a lime to a Tecate or a Sierra Nevada Pale ale is somehow just wrong is beyond me.

I lime with a seltzer or a cola is nice, too.

I would never add a lime to a Sierra Nevada. It's a very good beer without it. I don't think it's wrong to add lime to a Tecate...that's just a Hispanic thing. But I also think Tecate is good without it. And I wouldn't drink a Corona WITHOUT a lime. Because it's **** beer. I understand citrus can enhance the flavor. I just don't usually need it. But I don't judge people who like it. I just agree with Pop's outlook.

 

[Spartan Squad]

I don't have a problem adding fresh citrus to a beer--lime to a corona or orange to a heff--but I have issue with the artificial lime in BLL.