does light beer have less alcohol than regular beer?

Answer 1

nope, light beer just has less calories and such like that...but the alcohol stays the same :D

Answer 2

Yes, good question. When I turned 18, I lived in Ohio. If you were between 18 and 20, you could order what they called "3.2 beer" and this was, as the name suggests, beer with only 3.2% alcohol. The problem was that nobody liked it and the only ones who drank it were people from 18-20 because we couldn't (legally) get anything else. Regular beer has between 6-7% alcohol. Fast forward to the time when America got "health consious" about food. The beer companies decided to do away with 3.2 beer after the Ohio state laws passed a law that 19 and 20 year olds could drink regular beer and 18 year olds could not drink anything with alcoholo. (Big Bummer for new students going to College. Glad I was already 19). Miller developed Lite Beer which was marked as a more healthy beer with "great taste - less filling." 3.2 beer was the same product as Lite Beer simply morphing the marketing to fit the times. Later, the Federal government decided that only 21 year olds should drink and imposed the law that if the individual states did not raise their drinking ages to 21, then federal funding for highway repair would be discontinued. Hence all states are now, I believe, 21 and over only. Added: This paragraph must be incorrect because I noted that another post stated that Oklahoma only had 3.5 beer and someone else noted that other states may also have 3.5 only. Sorry for the error Interesting issue.

Answer 3

these guys are wrong. Light beer does have less calories, and less alcohol. All they do is essentially add water to the original beer, making it a light beer. Yes it's typically only 1% ABV less but when you're talking bout a beverage that only has 5% to begin with its a lot. You might phrase it other ways: "this light beer has 20% less beer in it than this real beer," or "1/5th of this beer is not beer," or "If I drink 5 of these 'beers' I can get the same buzz as if I were to drink 4 of these BEERS."

Look at the source site below and compare Bud to Bud Light, Miller to Miller Light, etc.

Answer 4

Yes but only 1% difference. Light beer is also 1/2 the calories as a regular beer.

Answer 5

It depends on what you call "regular beer." The regular beers in England have less alcohol than those of the USA most of which have less that the beers of Czech Republic, etc.

In North America, the terms "light" or "legere" legally refer only to calories, comparative to the calories in the norm of beers in the market or to the brand's original beer. The reduction of calories may be achieved by lower alcohol or lower carbs or both but not necessarily.

Answer 6

Yes. Light beer is has less alcohol.

* Light beer is made with less sugar
* Sugar is responsible for the calories in beer
* Sugar is after fermenting responsible for the alcohol promilage. * The more sugar, the more alcohol.
* The more sugar, the more calories.
* The less sugar, the less calories and the less alcohol

Answer 7

No, it is just Diet Beer and sometimes has more alcohol in it

Answer 8

The whole concept is a load of marketing bol*ocks. Just buy some proper beer and stop faffing about.

Answer 9

Usually.

As far as calories are concerned, check out this beer cal guide: http://www.united-nations-of-beer.com/beer-calorie-guide.html

Answer 10

Get some heavy beer don't be a wimp