1972: Miller Brewing Co. purchases Meister Brau Lite, a low-calorie beer, from Chicago-based Meister Brau. 1973: Miller tweaks the recipe and rebrands it Lite Beer by Miller, then Miller Lite, and ...

There's brewing before Miller Lite, and there's brewing after Miller Lite. When Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Co. launched Miller Lite in 1975, light beer had a shot-glass share of the beer market in ...