BREWERY: Miller Brewing Company
STYLE: Adjunct Lager
ABV: 4.7%
PURCHASE: Case of 24 12-oz. bottles, $20.99
SERVING: 12-oz. bottle, poured into pint glass. A normal pour resulted in a normal one-inch head. A faster pour doubled that; a slower one got a little less. Average retention. I know you're excited.
APPEARANCE: See-through adjunct straw-brass color, with the typical white head. Faster than average bubbling action and surprisingly decent lacing.
BOUQUET: Grassy, somewhat ricey, and generically grainy, with a hints of corn and faintly floral hops. Truthfully, it smells like a keg; that must be why it's called "Miller Genuine Draft."
PALATE: Extremely easy to drink; this is the hallmark of a beer with mass appeal. It's a thirst-quencher and will not leave your throat dry. Standard carbonation in a slightly lighter-than-average body. Mouthfeel is fairly clean early on, save for a shy hop note. Gets a bit grainier mid-palate. Somewhat yeasty finish that's characterized by corn and more cereal grain notes. Aftertaste is mainly more of the same, with a small dose of seltzer.
MUSINGS AND METAPHORS: As average a drinking experience as exists. For an adjunct, though, that's good.
Introduced in 1985 as a beer that replicated that fresh-from-the-tap taste of Miller High Life. That's right: This is basically the same recipe as the "Champagne of Beers." So why was it rechristened "Miller Genuine Draft?" Because it's cold-filtered, instead of heat-pasteurized. That's it.
You know what "MGD" more commonly stands for? Machine generated data. It also stands for "millions of gallons per day," as a unit of flow measurement. It's also the international code for Magdalena Airport in Bolivia. Read my beer reviews and learn.
GRADE: C-
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