History of Brewing, American Beer Styles

Much of this post I gathered from Fred Eckhardt's The Essentials of Beer Style. If you are interested in trying to copy one of these beers, here are your targets.

Notice the '81 and '87 Budweiser stats. Eckhardt noted that as Anheuser-Busch lowered the IBUs, making their beer less bitter, their share of market went up.

Beer	Original Gravity	Final Gravity	Alcohol by weight	IBU or hoppiness	Color
’81 Budweiser	1044	1008	3.7	15	2
’87 Budweiser	1044	1008	3.7	10.5	2
Coors	1044	1008	3.6	14.5	2.5
Miller High Life	1046	1010	3.8	15.5	2.5
1896 average	1052	1015	3.8	28	N/A
Bud Light	1036	1011	2.6	N	2
Coors Light	1035	1001	3.5	9	1.5
Miller Lite	1031	.998	3	19.5	2.5
Samuel Adams Boston Lager	1050	1017	3.5	35	3