Beck's Premier Light
Brauerei Beck & Co.

Beck's Premier LightBeck's Premier Light
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From:
Brauerei Beck & Co.
 
Germany
Style:
Light Lager
ABV:
2.3%
Score:
56
Avg:
2.24 | pDev: 32.14%
Reviews:
87
Ratings:
215
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 24, 2022
Added:
Mar 31, 2005
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  29
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Ratings by Wasatch:
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Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado

1.53/5  rDev -31.7%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
Pours a pale yellow color, some carbonation, with a small fizzy white head. The nose is grainy, and grassy. The taste is slightly sweet, grainy, and ricy. Light Body, not much going on with this one. Another pretty poor try at a beer, was a drain pour.
Mar 26, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 1 by XmnwildX12 from Minnesota

Jan 24, 2022
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Reviewed by nnicola from New Jersey

2.9/5  rDev +29.5%
look: 3 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
First off, I am not a fan of light beers. But this doesn’t really taste like other light beers. True, it doesn’t have much color or body, but compared to every other “light” beer I have sampled, this beer hits it out of the park. It actually has some flavor. I have not tasted anything close to this that has only 64 calories. Plus, it only has 2.3% alcohol, perfect for hot summer days when you want to drink more than a few beers and still stay relatively sober. Given the low calorie and alcohol content, this is a superior product.

I think most reviewers are being somewhat unfair with their reviews. If you lined up 10 other light beers along with this beer in a taste test, this beer would stand alone as real beer flavor. True, if you did the same comparison with 10 other non-light German style beers, it would finish last, but that would be unfair because this is a light beer.

For what this is, a low alcohol, low calorie beer, this is, by far, the best beer I have ever tasted.
Dec 18, 2020
 
Rated: 1.96 by Jcarriglio from Florida

Jun 09, 2020
 
Rated: 5 by Donster763 from Maryland

Jun 06, 2020
 
Rated: 2.13 by mamaraza from Texas

Jan 05, 2020
 
Rated: 2 by smartassboiler from Illinois

Mar 13, 2019
 
Rated: 4.04 by Flowitit85 from New York

Feb 11, 2019
 
Rated: 5 by rdcwalker from Alabama

Oct 05, 2018
 
Rated: 2.42 by DC118 from New Jersey

May 04, 2018
 
Rated: 3.25 by paulish from New York

Apr 01, 2018
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Rated by JustCamIt from Virginia

1.65/5  rDev -26.3%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75
It’s barely better than drinking carbonated water. I’m on a diet so this is what I’ve got.
Mar 08, 2018
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Reviewed by V_RocKs from California

2.87/5  rDev +28.1%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
The scores reflect my company Beck's Light to all other beers possible, but really you would want to review it against other beers in it's category: Light Beer.

Pros:

A lot of flavor for 64 calories. Against other super low calorie beers the difference in taste, and feel, is remarkable. It is also filling like it's calorie high original. Though it does this by being quite foamy. The low alcohol content and filling quality of this beer means you can nurse them all night and not get drunk. You can sober up nursing a six pack of these!

Cons:

Bloated from the fizz. If you intent to get drunk by drinking this you might want to think again. You'd have to have a hearty ability to drink!

Overall: I like this beer when I go to a poker party. Everyone wants to do shots and drink. But they don't know I'm drinking a beer that will sober you up. They assume it's German and therefore must have lots of alcohol. Great beer if you are the DD. You can nurse them and never get drunk.
Jan 24, 2018
 
Rated: 1.5 by dwarren1969 from Tennessee

Aug 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.49 by Golfontap from Maryland

May 25, 2017
 
Rated: 1.75 by HopBelT from Belgium

Mar 25, 2017
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

1.92/5  rDev -14.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
I recently made a field trip our to Subs & Six Packs on Columbia Avenue while running another errand. I saw this in the cooler & when I realized that I had never heretofore reviewed it, I seized upon the opportunity.

From the bottle: "Beck's Quality Brewed Under the German Purity Law of 1516".

I Pop!ped the cap only to get a wafting odor of old Noble hops and corn silage. Ugh. I upended the bottle to get it over with & briefly got two fingers of fizzy, foamy, bone-white head that quickly dissipated to wisps for my trouble. Color was Pale-Straw (SRM = 1 -2) with NE-quality clarity. Nose smelled like Saaz hops that had seen better days, along with a corn malodor that did nothing for me. Ugh. Mouthfeel was thin & watery. Ugh. The taste was just more watered-down AAL, corn & Noble hops wasted in a brew that can only be intended for the uninitiated. Ugh. Finish left me with a good case of buyer's regret. Ugh.
Mar 14, 2017
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Reviewed by mmmbeer89 from New Mexico

2.38/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
not all that bad for a light beer. It still has a full flavor and body to it unlike most light beers so that's a plus, a negative though is that it is super light on ABV% at 2.3% so you're gonna end up drinking a lot of them just to get a good buzz.
Jan 12, 2017
 
Rated: 2.87 by bongobeer from Alabama

Oct 19, 2016
 
Rated: 2.59 by Lefty_P_Hand from Maine

Sep 15, 2016
Beck's Premier Light from Brauerei Beck & Co.
Beer rating: 56 out of 100 with 215 ratings