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According to German law, no. According to US law, yes.

Now whether it's GOOD is a different question.

When you say 'law', you're talking about the 500-year old law that codifies what you can put in beer? (reinheitsgebot) or did you have something else in mind?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot

Yes that's what I was referring to.

It depends on how drunk the horse was.

This joke is typically boring, but you've raised it to the height of "in poor taste" by wielding it to segue out of the serious subject of a man losing his job.

Got warrant?

Legally speaking, it is beer.

Says so right on the label: "Technically, beer!"

I don't think whether or not Bud Light is beer is relevant to the story.

And to answer your question, yes, it is beer, as defined by https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-27/chapter-I/subchapter-A...