Is Corona Light 4.5% alc by Vol ?

[mainskinner]

I like Corona Light and Corona, I want to drink
Corona Light but there are numerous websites
that claim it is 3.7% by Vol and others (like realbeer.com)
claim 4.5%, and there are others that say "unknown".

Where did realbeer come up with 4.5 for Corona Light ? Where can I find definitively what the alcohol content is by vol. There is
no dispute from anybody that Corona Extra is 4.6.

(Please dont tell me I'm confusing "by weight" with "by volume",
I am not - maybe the other sites are though).


mainskinner
(George)

[HogieWan]

my question is - why would you care?

[hooky]

I think one is con lime and the other is sans lime.

Sorry to mix spanish and french or whatever language in which sans=without.

Or as Hogie asks...

[mainskinner]

although my reason probably doesnt live
up to your standards - I thought I explained -
I want to switch to CoronaLite if 4.5 is correct otherwise
I stick with Corona Extra. Is that Ok with you ?

mainskinner
(George)

[hooky]

Didn't mean to totally bust your balls.

Edited for a lack of common sense.

[BrewDog]

C'mon guys, be nice.

George-

The 1/2 pct doesn't really matter. All you need to do is drink an extra beer every 8th or 9th one.

Really what the guys are saying is that limiting your choices to only 1 or 2 beers is unnecessary. Go to the beer store, and ask the beer geek on premises for his recommendations. Tell him what you like, and he'll fix you up with a couple of really good beers that fit your taste profile. You'll be surprised how quality quickly ranks over quantity, and it doesn't have to be a syrupy brew to be good, either. Some of the very best are very light in color, alcohol content, but they still pack superb flavor (not all hop bombs, either).

HTH-

[HogieWan]

Most "light" beers are light by using less of all the ingredients so that there is less residual carbs and less alcohol (both of which add calories to the beverage), but the difference is minuscule. Corona would cost me over $9 a sixer here, and there are MANY more choices that I would rather drink that come in under that price tag.

[newportstorm]

Why not contact the source for a definitive answer?
If beer sites can't agree on an abv%, I doubt anyone here would (unless they work for Grupo Modelo).

http://www.gmodelo.com.mx/eng/centro/contacto1.html

Though, the fact that neither the Modelo site nor the Corona site provides an easy to find answer might say something. Like.......light beer is a scam.

Drink what you want, for whatever reason you want. But at $9/sixer, Corona has got to be the most overpriced beer on the market. Plenty of other beers out there that are as refreshing, have a low(er) abv% and have some semblance of flavor. If you told us where you live, you'd probably get a dozen other suggestions pretty quickly.

[D0nc0smic]

i would never say something is THE most overpriced beer on the market, i mean there is always heineken and Stella

[newportstorm]

Originally posted by D0nc0smic
i would never say something is THE most overpriced beer on the market, i mean there is always heineken and Stella

Given the choice, I'd drink either in lieu of Corona - and both are cheaper around here.

Nearly shart myself when my BIL paid $10 for a sixer of Corona and a lime at the packie.
While I paid $7 for a sixer of fresh, dated, locally brewed craft beer.

[steveh]

Originally posted by newportstorm
But at $9/sixer, Corona has got to be the most overpriced beer on the market.

Wow -- really? Been a long time since I've looked at a six of Corona. There goes that myth of it being the Mexican "working man's beer."

And yeah, at least Heineken and Stella have some malt flavor going for them.

S.

[mainskinner]

my neverending quest for a good light beer with high
alcohol continues ...

after bad day at work and before my first beer , I hastily
replied to HogieWan with a not very well thought out
and defensive response. I wish I could have read what
hooky replied (before edit), lol, anyway nobody busted anything.

I've been a beer lover my whole life, used to brew my own in the 70's and 80's, tasted all (or at least most) beers available
in US.

Thanks for all the responses, especially brewdog, but I think
newportstorm hit the nail on the head, light beer is a scam.
but still, approaching 60, still skinny, but with a beer gut, I
want an "everyday lager beer" that is low calories and high alcohol and with decent ingrediants. Corona Light would fit the
bill for me at 4.5%, I just wanted to know where realbeer.com
got that number, and I think its interesting that the abv%
is so hard to find.

Thanks again all,
George

[hmpitags2006]

Originally posted by steveh
There goes that myth of it being the Mexican "working man's beer."



Mexicans don't drink Corona, there are much better beers that we drink instead. (i.e. XX, Modelo, Pacifico, Sol, etc.)

[jesskidden]

Originally posted by mainskinner
I
want an "everyday lager beer" that is low calories and high alcohol and with decent ingrediants. Corona Light would fit the bill for me at 4.5% ... I think its interesting that the abv% is so hard to find




ABV is a lot easier to come by than it once was thanks to the internet AND the US regulators suspending the rule against listing it on beer labels, so now it's allowed but not mandatory in most US states.

But, there are a number of places that *require* ABV to listed- like Canada. Here's the page from the Ontario Beer Store with the label reproduced- http://www.thebeerstore.ca/Beers/branddetails.asp?id=2114
I rather doubt Canada gets a different Corona Light that we do, so that's probably correct.

A "low calorie/high alcohol" beer is gonna be hard to find since alcohol makes up much of the caloric content of beer, especially in an "everyday lager beer". Take a look at any list of beers and alcohol content (like this one http://www.thebeerstore.ca/Beers/branddetails.asp?id=2114 ) and one sees that calories and ABV levels go hand in hand. Indeed, some of the "light beer" market demand is BECAUSE it's lower in alcohol - i.e., "less filling" >wink-wink<.

Also, if your looking for "good ingredients" I doubt Corona is an improvement in that category over the typical US brands of "light beer".

[steveh]

Originally posted by hmpitags2006
(i.e. XX, Modelo, Pacifico, Sol, etc.)

Pacifico and Sol are better than Corona... how?

Maybe they've changed, but I did a side-by-side with Corona and Sol a few years back and couldn't tell any difference. But no, I'm not about to make that experiment these days.

S.

[cattersley]

Corona Light is 3.7 % Alcohol by Volume.

Regards all, cattersley.

[HogieWan]

As jesskidden mentioned, alcohol contains calories. More abv will mean more calories.

[hooky]

Main, it wasn't bad but it was antagonistic. Should have known better. Hope I didn't offend anyone too terribly.

[darylM]

If you are concerned about your caloric intake, you could try out some NA beers. I had an Odulls the other day and it satified my want of beer and only has 65 calories/bottle.

[cattersley]

Most light cal. beers like the Mic Ultra family, Bud Select, and in Canada PC Low Cal, Labatt Sterling,Sleeman Clear, and Molson Ultra all have 90 Cals per 12 Oz and range from 4 - 4.5 % abv.

- cattersley