I saw “Bud Dry” in the store last night. What is it? How can beer be dry? Is it light beer? How much alcohol is in it compared to regular Bud?
Dry in an alcoholic beverage refers to the lack of sweetness in the taste. In other words, it is not like the fruity sweetness of a fruit juice. (But it isn’t sour like Grapefruit juice either.)
Dry means “not sweet”
According to This Site Bud Dry was first produced in 1990, and is brewed longer than normal beer, producing a less sweet beer(with no aftertaste).
It also contains 5% alcohol. This would fit in with the strategy of the major brewers in the last 10-15 years, producing higher alcohol content beers, marketing them to a young audience at a higher price, in order to try to make up for the loss of profit from their old-line beers(which I drink).
It’s funny that you should mention this.
I’m in Canada and I am drinking Molson Dry right now. The alchohol content is 5.5% but it i sactually cheaper that the other beers. Go figure.
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“The alchohol content is 5.5% but it is actually cheaper than the other beers. Go figure.”
That 5.5% is obviously strong stuff 
I’m pretty sure that regular Budweiser is around 5% alcohol as well. I used to have a site that had the alcohol content of hundreds of beers on it and I remember being surprised that Budweiser was one of the stronger big-name American pilsners.
The Japanese are the ones that first came out with “Dry” beer. IIRC it was Asahi. Japanese brewers introduce maybe a dozen test beers into the market every year, and occaisionally they get a hit. Dry beer was their grandslam home run.
Might this be the site?
Should be “Should be”?
Nope, that ain’t it…