Is Cincy Light all that different from Bud Light? We tested 5 different light beers
The Queen City has its own beer perfect for all your summer excursions: Cincy Light.
Rhinegeist, Cincinnati’s largest craft brewery, released its own light beer last year. Portions of sales go to Cincy Reigns, the University of Cincinnati's name, image and likeness collective.
Many of us in the newsroom are light beer connoisseurs, or we at least had eras of our lives in which we drank them frequently. You may fall into one of those categories, too.
But do all light brews taste the same? Is Cincy Light really that different?
Enquirer journalists put it to the test, conducting a blind tasting of five light beers: Bud Light, Coors Light, Michelob Ultra, Miller Lite and, of course, Cincy Light.
Our two goals were simple:
Successfully pick out the Cincy Light.
Correctly name all five beers.
How'd we do?
Out of six drinkers, four found the Cincy Light with ease. It just seemed to have a crisper taste, which may be because Rhinegeist seems to brew all its beers with care. The folks over there know what they're doing.
When it came to successfully guessing all the beers, we had a three-way tie between myself, trending reporter Victoria Moorwood and food and dining writer Keith Pandolfi. We correctly named three of five beers, as did city government reporter Sherry Coolidge. But Sherry didn't pick out the Cincy Light, which counted as a bonus point, so she just barely missed out on making the winners list.
The other two tasters (ahem Rasputin Todd and Jackie Borchardt) only guessed one beer right. Jackie, however, found the Cincy Light, which kept her from sinking to last place.
The test was difficult. All light beers do, in fact, have similar tastes. Some are better than others, though, and Cincy Light appears to be in the upper echelon of lagers.
Check out the video of our taste test at the top of the page.
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