Too many big beers have been playing havoc with my waistline so I decided to try to drop a few pounds and as most of you know a couple bombers of 6-8% beers has as many calories as a lot of meals. So one of my first cuts was beer and I found the Miller Lite Clone recipe on this site and gave it a whirl. It turned out pretty good, better than Miller Lite anyway, so I decided to make a lite something else. So I took the Ode to Arthur Guiness clone and scaled down to 1.32 I believe and did everything else to the recipe and tossed in Amylase after a week, let it sit for a couple and after a week and a half in the bottle it is already quite good. Of course it thinned it out but the taste was very very close to what I want. I am currently making a Pale Ale with a similar technique and it smells really good as well.
If you want a lite beer with a little flavor then I suggest trying it. Be aware of what you are making though, this isn't going to be a full bodied beer and don't go too crazy, remember it's not going to have much malt sweetness so I don't think I would try this with a 100 IBU IPA. It won't be as good as your big beers but mine has been better than ANY lite beer I have ever bought. They seem to come in the 4% alcohol range and 100-115 calories.
If you want a lite beer with a little flavor then I suggest trying it. Be aware of what you are making though, this isn't going to be a full bodied beer and don't go too crazy, remember it's not going to have much malt sweetness so I don't think I would try this with a 100 IBU IPA. It won't be as good as your big beers but mine has been better than ANY lite beer I have ever bought. They seem to come in the 4% alcohol range and 100-115 calories.