Most Popular Beer? Guinness

Popularity depends upon how you measure it, of course. But a YouGov survey in the second quarter found 58% of Americans have a positive opinion of Guinness, ahead of Corona Extra (53%), Heineken (51%) and Samuel Adams (49%).

The same survey found that within the Anheuser-Busch family, Budweiser remains the King of Beers which is tied with Blue Moon for a 48% popularity rating.. It occupies position No. 6 on the YouGov list, one spot ahead of Modelo (47%), and two ahead of Stella Artois (47%).

Coors is No. 10, with 45% popularity; Miller High Life, No. 11 (45%); Corona Light, No. 12  (44%) is tied with Miller, No. 13 (44%).  Bud Light, which until recently was the No. 1 seller is No. 15  in popularity according to the YouGov poll and tied with Miller Genuine Draft and Miller Life at 42%. White Claw is No. 19 in popularity at 40%, tied with Coors Light, No. 20, also 40%.

What immediately struck us looking at this list is how the light beers, despite their sales, tend toward the bottom in terms of popularity, while beers with stronger taste and more body tend to be more popular.

Guinness, which provided us with this survey, noted that the brand's non-alcoholic brew, Guinness 0, was declared "King of NA Beers" by Esquire.