What makes a light beer light?
I am not a brewer, but I know that some OCB members do have light alchol beers. It really is in the eye of the beholder. In our retail store I am often asked for a light beer and have to ask people thier perception of what they mean by light beer. I get different answers like light in taste, light in alchol, light in colour, light in calories.
We at Neustadt partnered with Bruce County Tourism to develop a summer beer for the Bruce Pennisular which is a 4.5% light coloured lager which we call our patio beer, because it is refreshing and easy drinking in those hot lazy days.
I think craft breweries don’t like using the word “light” to describe their beer because they don’t want customers to think they are cloning the big guy’s mass produced beer. We are all original as craft brewers and prefer to define our own styles whether they are light, medium or heavy

Val is right. Everyone’s idea of light is different. However, you have to label your beer, according to labelling regulations, as light beer/bière légère if the alcohol content is 2.6 to 4.0%.
We have a new “light” beer that will be in the LCBO by the end of the month called Stuart’s Organic Session Ale. A session ale should be lighter in alcohol which ours is but it is not light on flavour or colour.