It's a sea change, a sure sign of the beer apocalypse, or something. For the first time, the three best-selling beers in the U.S are light beers.

Bud Light, Coors Light and Miller Lite are the big three in this country, according to a preliminary analysis of national 2017 beer sales by The Washington Post.

Budweiser -- which had been the best-selling beer until Bud Light (whose "Dilly dilly!" commercials are all the rage) knocked it from the top perch in 2011 -- is now #4.

All four of the country's best-selling beers reported declining sales in 2017, which sounds like good news for the legions of craft beer fans out there.

IPAs may be the current king of the craft beer hill, but there are terrific blondes and other "lighter'' beers made by N.J craft brewers.

Even Demented Brewing in Middlesex, winner of our craft beer showdown last year and makers of "insanely flavorful ales,'' makes a cream ale.

Below are some personal "lighter'' or sessionable craft beer favorites. (But let the record show I hate using the word "light'' in any reference to craft beer.)

Boat session ale, Carton Brewing Co., Atlantic Highlands

Cantankerous Blonde, Departed Soles Brewing Co, Jersey City

Chief (pale ale), Tonewood Brewing Co., Oaklyn

Hefeweizen, Jughandle Brewing Co., Tinton Falls

Knee High Mosaic (pale ale), 7 Mile Brewery, Rio Grande

Little Shimmy Ye, Twin Elephant Brewing, Chatham

Sneakbox (pale ale), Kane Brewing Co., Ocean Township

Watermelon Wheat, Wet Ticket Brewing, Rahway

What are your favorite "lighter'' N.J. craft beers? Tell us in the comments.

Peter Genovese may be reached at pgenovese@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @PeteGenovese or via The Munchmobile @NJ_Munchmobile. Find the Munchmobile on Facebook and Instagram.