This week is Theme Week here at the Brew Site and, like last January, I’ve decided to dedicate this week to a(nother) overview of American Macro beers: welcome to American Macro Week 2!

Last year’s AMW was fairly one-dimensional: I sat down and drank/reviewed/rated 15 different macro lagers. Those beers, and how I rated them were:

• (tie) Coors Original and Pabst Blue Ribbon
• Olympia
• (tie) Icehouse and Miller Genuine Draft
• Hamm’s
• Miller High Life
• Rainier
• Budweiser Select
• Budweiser
• Miller Lite
• (tie) Bud Light and Keystone Light
• (tie) Coors Light and Busch

In the year since then, we’ve seen a number of changes to the industry—for instance, the release of Budweiser American Ale, A-B’s first ever ale under the Bud brand—which have shaken things up, so accordingly, this year’s American Macro Week will mix it up a bit.

Don’t worry, I’ll still be drinking and reviewing macros—somebody has to—but hopefully I’ll be able to give you something more to think about too.