Miller High Life
Miller Brewing Co.

Miller High LifeMiller High Life
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From:
Miller Brewing Co.
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #195
ABV:
4.6%
Score:
64
Ranked #28,395
Avg:
2.74 | pDev: 29.2%
Reviews:
1,351
Ratings:
4,345
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 23, 2024
Added:
Sep 20, 2000
Wants:
  69
Gots:
  1,118
Miller High Life, also known as the Champagne of Beers, is a quintessentially classic, American-style lager. In 1903, Frederick Miller created Miller High Life because he believed that the good life, the High Life, should be accessible to everyone, not just the upper crust. To this day, Miller High Life continues to be faithfully brewed as a golden pilsner, utilizing light-stable galena hops from the Pacific Northwest and a select combination of malted barley.
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Reviewed by AElfwine_Nerevar from Connecticut

3.3/5  rDev +20.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Tallboy BB: May 2024

L: Pours a pale straw color with excellent clarity. The pour gives two fingers of fine, white head with a bit of legs. As the beer goes down it actually leaves a good bit of lacing on the glass. It's actually a pretty good looking beer.

S: Corn grist, hint of grain, and very light hop character.

T: It's an American adjunct lager. Pretty close to the nose. Corn, light graininess, and a barely there nondescript hop character.

F: Light body with medium plus carbonation. Mouthfeel is a bit smooth with a very light dryness on the finish.

O: Pretty ok. Not a drain pour. If this is all you have then go for it.
Feb 23, 2024
 
Rated: 2.85 by rexdeopp from Texas

Feb 21, 2024
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Reviewed by southernbeerlover

2.76/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
12 ounce can from a 12-pack. $7.99 at Piggly Wiggly.
Poured into a glass...
L: straw/golden/clear w/streaming bubbles
S: faint whiff of cereal grains, rice or corn....not sure which tbh. Lol.
T: slightly sweet, little or no ibus, tastes better when cold although not horrible when warming up.
F: Crisp, watery, refreshing
O: Typical cheap american lager. it's no spotted cow but you work with what you have. lol. C+ at best.
Feb 19, 2024
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Reviewed by ClinkClankBeerTank

3.46/5  rDev +26.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Not perfect, but what macro is, better yet, what cheap macro is? Applying IPA standards to a lawnmower shows a deep lack of appreciation for imperfection.. Miller High Life is imperfection at the highest level...no real standards, just lawnmower appeal.
Who cares about mouthfeel when it's chugged? What's the value of smell when it's crack the top and chug? What's the value of taste when it's so cold it feels like someone jammed an icepick in your forehead?
Good for Gramps, good for Pops, good for me.
Save your micro judgement for a micro...this ain't it.
Feb 10, 2024
 
Rated: 2.89 by Jacob313 from Michigan

Feb 09, 2024
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Rated by Mardinae from Texas

2.9/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Beer
Jan 17, 2024
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Reviewed by John_M from Washington

2.14/5  rDev -21.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Recently sampled during a blind tasting of various AAL macro swill. Poured from a 16 ounce can into a 20 ounce wine glass (about half the can).

The beer pours a solid golden amber color with fair at best lacing and pretty decent lacing. Visually, there wasn't much difference in appearance between this beer and the Coors I tried before it, except the MHL had slightly better head retention and lacing. On the nose, I thought the aroma profile a bit odd. While I picked up the expected sweet corn and light pepper, I also got a hint of lavender initially (glasses were all well rinsed and cleaned, and I didn't pick this aroma component up in any of the other AALs I sampled). That aroma seemed to fade as the beer sat in the glass and I didn't pick up any lavender on the palate. As for the flavor profile, this beer was a bit sweeter than the other AALs I tried during the tasting (Coors, PBR and Bud), with more sweet corn on the palate. However, the most pronounced flavor component was once again a seltzer water like aspect that seemed to dominate the finish. There was very little bitterness on the finish, and this really came across as a one dimensionally flavored beer. Otherwise, the finish really drops off with a thud in this lightweight beer. Mouthfeel is light, with a short, sweet creamed corn finish. Alcohol is undetectable, but I still wouldn't call this beer very drinkable.

Again, if this was the only beer on the market, I would stop drinking beer. This is a very bland, boring and insipid drink.
Jan 12, 2024
 
Rated: 1.35 by SeanP99 from North Carolina

Jan 11, 2024
 
Rated: 2.5 by AbeO

Jan 01, 2024
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Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota

2.76/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Miller High Life pours a very clean, pale yellow with a fizzy head that goes right away. The aroma is sweet used corn water. The flavor is sweeter, but overall, just neutral, with very little going on. Fizzy feel. Overall, it's a very natural beer, not good, not bad.
Jan 01, 2024
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Reviewed by Athener56 from Oklahoma

3.36/5  rDev +22.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Faint aroma of sweet corn. Ice cold out of 16oz can it is refreshing and crisp. taste follows the smell, it is sweet and has a corn taste. light mouthfeel. overall not bad for a adjunct lager.
Dec 10, 2023
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Reviewed by Danimal522 from Indiana

2.97/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
After pouring this beer it’s easy to understand why it’s known as the champagne of beers, there is a ton of carbonation that will form a thick head that lasts for much longer than most other American adjunct. Stronger in scent as well I find the aroma to be of sweet corn with maybe a touch of grass clippings, but that could just be the result of which activity this beer is best enjoyed after doing. As for taste, corn also dominates with only the slightest hint of acidity. The beer finishes clean but can easily leave you bloated thanks to the high carbonation. We all know this beer won’t be winning any best of show awards but it can always be counted on to be cheap, available, and refreshing.
Dec 01, 2023
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Rated by Philosophy223

2.28/5  rDev -16.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
tastes like burnt popcorn tbh
Nov 30, 2023
 
Rated: 3.65 by Luca2020 from Massachusetts

Nov 28, 2023
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Reviewed by James_Gravelle from Canada (ON)

4.03/5  rDev +47.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
I know people say that this beer is a cheap American beer or something. That's a popular beer. So to say, unlike Miller light or MGD, this beer is actually pretty good after drinking a few pilsner's from Europe.

This one actually has a pretty good taste.

For a cheap beer I would give it a 4 and 1/2.

I tried many different domestic beers and I have to say this is one of the best.

I do not drink it out of a can. I will put it in a glass.

Ice ice cold.

And is a very refreshing middle beer.
Pairs well with everything.

Don't knock it until you've tried it and actually try a couple.

In a glass or in a bottle ice cold not out of a can.
Nov 24, 2023
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Reviewed by randyw41 from Indiana

3.88/5  rDev +41.6%
look: 5 | smell: 2 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
I'm 64 years old, but I have been drinking this since my late teen years. Always consistent in flavor and appearance, when served ice cold, it continues to be in my top 5 favorite lagers. The price is usually pretty friendly too...
Nov 21, 2023
 
Rated: 2.35 by sbradley41 from Pennsylvania

Nov 04, 2023
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Rated by Dylan184183 from Idaho

3.25/5  rDev +18.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
A good cheap lager style beer. I swear the bottle version is 100x better. I find it somewhat acidic though.
Oct 29, 2023
 
Rated: 3.03 by Iggy88 from Ohio

Oct 24, 2023
Miller High Life from Miller Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 64 out of 100 with 4345 ratings