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Stupid Pet Peeves

Noticing my shoe is untied is a big pet peeve of mine. I have to stop and tie it as I soon as I notice. Going along with this, it's a pet peeve to see someone else walking around with a shoe untied.
 
Moving. I hate moving. I'd rather live in a ****tier house than have to move, even if that means moving into a nicer home. My wife does not feel the same way.
 
Beer said:
Moving. I hate moving. I'd rather live in a ****tier house than have to move, even if that means moving into a nicer home. My wife does not feel the same way.
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My wife and I feel the same way. We'd have to have an amazing reason to move.
 
When people say "Utah beer" is 3.2% and then directly compare it to either liquor store beer or out of state beer using abv%.
 
Beer said:
Moving. I hate moving. I'd rather live in a ****tier house than have to move, even if that means moving into a nicer home. My wife does not feel the same way.
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Same for me on both ends
 
Gameface said:
When people say "Utah beer" is 3.2% and then directly compare it to either liquor store beer or out of state beer using abv%.
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I do this. I don't understand how it works apparently and why different measurements are used. Seems to not make sense to do it the way they do
 
fishonjazz said:
I do this. I don't understand how it works apparently and why different measurements are used. Seems to not make sense to do it the way they do
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There are two measurements. Alcohol by weight and alcohol by volume. Alcohol weighs less than water. So, if you measure by weight you get a number 25% lower than you get if you measure by volume.

Alcohol by weight was used immediately after prohibition ended specifically because the number was lower. Saying a beer had 3.2% alcohol was less scary to the pro-prohibitionists than saying it was 4% alcohol, so that's what people used so that they could squeeze as much alcohol into easily available beer as possible without getting too much push back from the Teetotalers.

But within the alcohol industry alcohol by volume is the measurement used. Pretty much 99%+ of the time. For one, it's much easier to measure. As a home brewer I measure alcohol by volume using a hydrometer and it's very simple. If I were to measure alcohol by weight I'd need much more complicated equipment.

So, just to be clear, "Utah beer" is 4%abv which translates to 3.2%abw. So if you want to compare the alcohol content of "Utah beer" to any other beer use 4% because the other beer will list its alcohol content by volume.
 
Gameface said:
There are two measurements. Alcohol by weight and alcohol by volume. Alcohol weighs less than water. So, if you measure by weight you get a number 25% lower than you get if you measure by volume.

Alcohol by weight was used immediately after prohibition ended specifically because the number was lower. Saying a beer had 3.2% alcohol was less scary to the pro-prohibitionists than saying it was 4% alcohol, so that's what people used so that they could squeeze as much alcohol into easily available beer as possible without getting too much push back from the Teetotalers.

But within the alcohol industry alcohol by volume is the measurement used. Pretty much 99%+ of the time. For one, it's much easier to measure. As a home brewer I measure alcohol by volume using a hydrometer and it's very simple. If I were to measure alcohol by weight I'd need much more complicated equipment.

So, just to be clear, "Utah beer" is 4%abv which translates to 3.2%abw. So if you want to compare the alcohol content of "Utah beer" to any other beer use 4% because the other beer will list its alcohol content by volume.
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Either way I'm almost never drinking anything below a 5.5% if possible. I prefer to stay around 7 or 8.
 
nightmare3983 said:
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My pet peeve is when people drive to Evanston to buy Corona because it's stronger when Corona is 4.6%abv and Utah beer is 4% abv. Unless you're buying a few thousand bottles you're wasting a lot of time and money.

Bud light is 4.2%abv outside of Utah, so 0.2% more alcohol.
 
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