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Budweiser Select, or Bud Select, is a light pale lager that contains 4.3% ABV and 99 calories per 12 US fl oz serving (1,170 kJ/L). [5] Anheuser-Busch has aggressively promoted Budweiser Select.
Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as alc/vol or ABV) is a standard measure of the volume of alcohol contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage, expressed as a volume percent. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is defined as the number of millilitres (mL) of pure ethanol present in 100 mL (3.5 imp fl oz; 3.4 US fl oz) of solution at 20 °C (68 °F).
Introduced to market on July 31, 1977, the brand formulation had 97 kcal (406 kJ), to compete with Miller Lite's 96 kcal (402 kJ), and was called "Anheuser-Busch Natural Light." The brand was Anheuser-Busch's first widely-distributed light beer , followed by Michelob Light and Bud Light , introduced in 1978 and 1981, respectively.
Alcohol concentration in beverages is commonly expressed as alcohol by volume (ABV), ranging from less than 0.1% in fruit juices to up to 98% in rare cases of spirits. A "standard drink" is used globally to quantify alcohol intake, though its definition varies widely by country. Serving sizes of alcoholic beverages also vary by country.
Light beer (sometimes spelled lite beer) is a beer, usually a pale lager, that is reduced in alcohol content or in calories compared to regular beers. [1] Light beers may be chosen by beer drinkers who wish to manage their alcohol consumption or their calorie intake; however, they are sometimes criticised for being less flavourful than full ...
In Canada, regular beers typically have 5% ABV, while a reduced-alcohol beer contains 2.6%–4.0% ABV and an "extra-light" beer contains less than 2.5%. [21] In the United States, most mass-market light beer brands, including Bud Light, Coors Light, and Miller Lite, have 4.2% ABV, less than ordinary beers from the same makers which are 5% ABV. [19]
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (abbreviated as AB InBev) is the largest beer company in the world. [ citation needed ] It had 200 brands prior to the merger with SABMiller on October 10, 2016. [ 1 ] The combined ABInBev/SAB Miller entity has approximately 400 beer brands as of January 2017.
Anheuser-Busch introduced Bud Ice (5.5% ABV) in 1994, and it remains one of the country's top selling ice beers. Bud Ice has a somewhat lower alcohol content than most other ice beer brands. In 1995, Anheuser-Busch also introduced two other major brands: Busch Ice (5.9% ABV, introduced 1995) [8] and Natural Ice (also 5.9% ABV, also introduced ...