Miller High Life

 Miller high Life. 

4.6% ABV, 7 IBU, Miller Brewing, Milwaukee, WI.

I decided that it was time for another phone post and I would do it while doing my regular Saturday night thing, karaoke at Morrissey’s Pub, with Joel Stitzel and his Infernal Singalong Machine. I glanced over at the tap handles and tried to glean which of them has been unrepresented here. Miller High Life it is. Had I ever had it? Not sure. And no way to tell. Must have at some point in my life, right?

The representation of the beer for this post would have to be different. Could I squeeze up to the bar and pose the pint with the tap handle behind? It wouldn’t be the strangest thing you can do in Uptown on a Saturday night, but it would be up there. Could I request to my waitress that I’d like my High Life in a High Life branded pint glass? I know they have them, I’ve received many IPAs served in such. That would also be absurd behavior, at a busy bar, while random groups keep pouring in and making the bartenders busy. In my professional bartending life, I always strove to match beer with glass, but I would never expect anyone else to.

I held the glass up to the light, with Zilla and Bridget posing behind, and I drank and took these notes, while waiting to sing some Hank Williams.

Clear, yellow, small head.

In the nose: cereal, grain, nil, null, blah.

In the mouth: empty, vacant, absent. Nothing plus nothing means nothing. It’s wet, though. Vaguely alcoholic. Fairly inoffensive. Moist. Some flavor. Mostly sweet.

Notes end there. I have no more to say. Held no particular appeal.

Miller High Life, also known as the Champagne of Beers, is a quintessentially classic, American-style lager. To this day, Miller High Life continues to be faithfully brewed as a golden pilsner, utilizing light-stable galena hops from the Pacific Northwest and a select combination of malted barley.