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Miller Lite Trolls Michelob Ultra

There is nothing like a good beer battle, especially during Super Bowl week.  And this is actually somewhat of a heavyweight fight pitting the Miller Brewing Co. vs. Anheuser-Busch. The…

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There is nothing like a good beer battle, especially during Super Bowl week.  And this is actually somewhat of a heavyweight fight pitting the Miller Brewing Co. vs. Anheuser-Busch.

The latest battleground for light beers is on the calorie front.  Miller Lite has 96 calories.  Michelob Ultra has 95.

How do you attack this is you're Miller?  Hmmm....  Well, you can tout that you feel like you taste better, and therefore are worth the extra calorie, OR you can invite fans to "sweat off" the difference in a unique, cyber way.

Miller Lite cordially invites you to type a long URL that’s scientifically formulated to burn exactly one calorie. The first 5,000 viewers who do so will receive $8, the price of a six-pack, via Venmo.

I know, you're already where I went:  how do you keep people from just cutting and pasting and thereby ruining the calorie burning experience?  Miller's a step ahead of us.  The web address’ 836 characters appears only in formats impossible — or at any rate, extremely difficult — to cut and paste.

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.