The answer is…cheap and palatable, sorry to say.

Good light beers do exist, but they can be hard to find.

However, you could make some assumptions about a beer’s quality without the ingredients label."

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“All beer contains4 core ingredients: water, grain, yeast, and hops.

“However, it’s thought that mass-produced beers don’t have the highest quality ingredients.

Don’t worry, we did that deep dive for you!

Dogfish Head Slightly Mighty IPA

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Here areeight light beers that are heavy on quality.

Plus, come back and read about the8 Light Beers That Use the Lowest Quality Ingredients.

15 Best Light Beers You’ve Never Heard Of (But Need to Try!)

Yuengling Light Lager

Courtesy of Yuengling

And it has just 99 calories per serving.

Plus, it won ourlight beer taste test.

Because it is, just without the booze.

Stone Levitation Amber Ale

Courtesy of Stone Brewing

It’s made from water, organic malt, organic rice, organic wheat, hops, and yeast.

It has a mildly sweet malt taste that is braced by lots of hops.

Kona Light Blonde Ale

Kona Brewing Co

Athletic Brewing Lite

Courtesy of Athletic Brewing

Lagunitas Daytime IPA

Courtesy of Lagunitas

Societe Light Beer

Courtesy of Societe Brewing

Great Lakes Crushworthy Lo-Cal Citrus Wheat

Courtesy of Great Lakes Brewing