Lime-A-Rita is made using malted barley, cereal grains, yeast, hops, flavors, and sweetners. It contains high fructose corn syrup. Straw-Ber-Ita is made using barley malt, non-malted cereal grains, hops, & water. We use a strawberry flavor that contains derivatives of real strawberries.

Details. Missouri - Flavored Malt Beverage -8.0% ABV. Budweiser is extending their classic line again with Bud Light Lime Lime-A-Rita! With authentic margarita flavors, this sweet & sour malt beverage adds a unique twist to ordinary light beer.

Blending the flavor of an authentic margarita with a refreshing splash of Bud Light Lime, Lime-a-Rita is an 8%* ABV margarita-flavored alcohol beverage that meets a growing demand among adult drinkers seeking sweeter alternatives.

220 Calories: 220 per 8 fl.

Today, Lime-a-Rita will launch its much-anticipated new flavor: Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita, an 8%* alc/vol flavored malt beverage that blends the refreshment of Bud Light Lime with the taste of an authentic strawberry margarita.

Bud Light only has an ABV of 4.2% and contains 110 calories per can. Because of its lower ABV and fewer calories, it has been marketed as a healthier option.

Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita Malt Beverage blends the refreshment of Bud Light Lime with the taste of an authentic strawberry margarita.

RITAS Straw-Ber-Rita has the great taste of a strawberry margarita with a twist of Bud Light Lime for a delightfully refreshing finish. With RITAS Straw-Ber-Rita, there's no need to spend time mixing and blending to prepare a strawberry-flavored beer margarita. Just pop open, pour over ice and enjoy!

So to simplify, in InBev land: Natty Light < Budweiser < Bud Light Lime-a-Rita < Goose Island. To be fair, it is an 8 percent alcohol-by-volume drink that's sold as a "malt beverage" -- think Smirnoff Ice -- instead of straight beer.

The product of a beechwood ageing process that delivers a light, smooth taste with a hint of sweetness, Bud Light is a big name in the low-calorie beer market for a reason: it's really good. What's more, each bottle comes in at just 80 calories.

If you want to go with a full-sugar water ice, those will set you back between 230 and 460 calories. They contain between 58 and 96 grams of sugar. And the cream ices (mmmm, mint chocolate chip), run you 230 to 540 calories, with between 44 and 113 grams of sugar.

It is, however, at 8%ABV in a monster 24 oz silo can, intoxicating. The rush of sweetness mixed with the malt liquor goes right to your brain much like I imagine the difference between crack and clean uncut cocaine. It's a dirty high, and a quick one.