NYT Well: "Young Drinkers Prefer Beer" (and Bud Light is the favorite)

Well, yeah. They're kids. It makes sense they go for the brands that A) can be found anywhere, even the shadiest convenience store and B) are cheap. They can't afford the good stuff like Heineken yet.

 

Let them drink that crap, at least they aren't hogging all the good stuff.

 

If you think about it, this makes even more sense, because most under-21s aren't going to even be able to go into a liquor store and browse to see how much variety there really is when it comes to craft beer. Sure, there are sites like BA, but it's probably a bit too expansive for a complete greenhorn.

When I turned of age, the best way I started getting into craft beer was going to the local liquor store and browsing through their selection, then also being able to build your own (before pretty much EVERY liquor store had that feature).

Before that, I got what I heard about on TV or what my friends told me I should drink.

 

Bud Light, the sure sign of a good time felony

 

I have a teen aged son. Most teens want to conform so they all wear Hollister and Nikes, play the same games on Xbox and listen to the same crap music. Everything they like is because of marketing. Of course they're going to drink the crap that is heavily promoted on TV.

 

Uh, all you craft beer advocates trying to make excuses why those are the top 3 beers for underage beer drinkers realize those are also the top 3 US beers for legal beer drinkers, as well, right? Bud Light, Coors Light and Bud account for nearly 4 out of every 10 beers consumed- add Miller Lite, Natural Light and Corona, and there's half the US market being only 6 (not very) different beers.

 

I think it comes down to what's easiest to come by, expense, and capacity for under aged drinkers. BMC products are everywhere, they're cheap, and youngsters can hold more of it. I can't believe that "experts" were never certain what the under aged were drinking. Oh, and don't forget marketing!

 

This is a silly article. If you are a kid in college, or even younger getting your older brother to grab you beer are you going to ask for a $13 four pack of some RIS or a $13 24 pack of Natty Ice? At a certain point in my youth the goal was to get drunk and taste was secondary, I am pretty sure I am not alone in that.

 

Things have changed. Back in the late 60's underage kids were drinking cheap fortified wine. Thunderbird and Night Train were 18% abv and 60 cents a quart.

 

Among all the other comments here, underage kids generally have little say in what they drink. Typically, someone of age chooses the beverage for them.

 

Me and one of my roommates usually pre-gamed with a few 750's, usually 10% or more before walking to parties down the road with a 30 in tow. The best was getting 40oz of Colt .45 or Milwaukee's Best for $1.

 

Hissssss...But, in their defense, I started on garbage like that too. So there is hope for them yet.

 

Look at the age group that was surveyed. Did anyone honestly think the outcome would be any different?

 

"Underage kids generally have little say in what they drink. Typically, someone of age chooses the beverage for them". I think the lesson to be learned here is that when a youngster stops you outside a bar and asks you to buy him beer, use your BA knowledge and get him the best brew offered by that establishment. The future is in our hands.

 

When I was 18 working construction, the beer we drank at the end of work depended on what day it was. Friday and Saturday we drank better beer (not that there were a lot of options in '79-'80 in Florida). The more the week progressed, the cheaper the beer. By Thursdays, we pooled whatever change we could scrounge up to buy Black Label. Growing older has its advantages, not to mention there has never been a better time for beer than now!

 

A long time ago, early 1970s, a wild Friday night might involve a half pint ( pre- metric) of cherry vodka. Sometimes followed by one or more bottles of Boones Farm Strawberry Hill ( or similar " wine".)
Some of the other misguided youth favored Sloe Gin or Southern Comfort.
The small bottles had the advantage of being easy to conceal at games, movies, dances.... Beer, Busch, Strohs, Hamms, Old Style, Olympia and the like came with house parties and camping. As an undergrad I tried Anchor Steam and Samuel Smith.
Flavored vodka has became very popular. Something about old being new again.

 

Young drinkers prefer beer and of the beer they prefer, it's macro. This is news?

 

No, your thinking of Icehouse, Steel Reserve, Natural Ice, etc...

 

I'm in my early twenties and I've never had a bud just miller and a coors and the both sucked.

 

terrible