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Beer said:
Either way I'm almost never drinking anything below a 5.5% if possible. I prefer to stay around 7 or 8.
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I actually like lower abv beers, for a lot of reasons. I've been brewing 6%+ beers lately, but when I get into a flow I tend to settle around 5-6% and enjoy those beers the most. I like to drink but don't like to get ****ed up so lower abvs help me get where I want without going too far unless I put some effort into it.
 
Gameface said:
I actually like lower abv beers, for a lot of reasons. I've been brewing 6%+ beers lately, but when I get into a flow I tend to settle around 5-6% and enjoy those beers the most. I like to drink but don't like to get ****ed up so lower abvs help me get where I want without going too far unless I put some effort into it.
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I like beer, but it fills me up to quick so 2 beers is about my max as far as liquid consumption foes. If I drink 2 Hop Nosh IPA's (my current favorite) at 7.2% I get a nice small buzz and its all good. If I have to drink 3 or 4 I feel like a bloated cow.
 
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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I had also heard something about light beers having less alcohol that other beer.
Like budweiser having more alcohol than budlight
is that true?

Like if I'm in idaho and want to buy a bunch of beer so im stocked up on "non utah beer" is there a bigger difference in alcohol amount between utah bud light vs idaho budlight or utah budweiser vs idaho budwieser or is the difference going to be the same? (I'm wanting the most bang for my buck. When I was in lava last weekend we went to the gas station and bought a bunch of shock tops)
 
Gameface said:
Bud light is 4.2%abv outside of Utah, so 0.2% more alcohol.
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This may have answered my question.

So in utah a bud light is 4% and a budweiser is also 4%
But in idaho the difference in alcohol between those two beers would likely be greater right?
 
Beer said:
I like beer, but it fills me up to quick so 2 beers is about my max as far as liquid consumption foes. If I drink 2 Hop Nosh IPA's (my current favorite) at 7.2% I get a nice small buzz and its all good. If I have to drink 3 or 4 I feel like a bloated cow.
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I have the same problem (beer fills me up too quick so I can't drink alot of them)

That's why I take shots of bourbon whiskey and chase it with beer and drink beers between the shots
 
fishonjazz said:
This may have answered my question.

So in utah a bud light is 4% and a budweiser is also 4%
But in idaho the difference in alcohol between those two beers would likely be greater right?
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Out of state budweiser is 5%abv

I use this site to check if it's not on the label https://www.realbeer.com/edu/health/calories.php

Fun fact, Guinness is 4%abv in and out of Utah. It has the same starting and finishing gravity (how you measure abv and also how you determine the "body" of the beer) as Bud Light. Really the only thing that sets Guinness apart from Bud Light is the color and roasted flavor that comes from Black Patent. Other than that it's just as thin, just as dry and just as weak as Bud Light.
 
Gameface said:
Out of state budweiser is 5%abv

I use this site to check if it's not on the label https://www.realbeer.com/edu/health/calories.php

Fun fact, Guinness is 4%abv in and out of Utah. It has the same starting and finishing gravity (how you measure abv and also how you determine the "body" of the beer) as Bud Light. Really the only thing that sets Guinness apart from Bud Light is the color and roasted flavor that comes from Black Patent. Other than that it's just as thin, just as dry and just as weak as Bud Light.
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Interesting
And thanks!
 
Gameface said:
Out of state budweiser is 5%abv

I use this site to check if it's not on the label https://www.realbeer.com/edu/health/calories.php

Fun fact, Guinness is 4%abv in and out of Utah. It has the same starting and finishing gravity (how you measure abv and also how you determine the "body" of the beer) as Bud Light. Really the only thing that sets Guinness apart from Bud Light is the color and roasted flavor that comes from Black Patent. Other than that it's just as thin, just as dry and just as weak as Bud Light.
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Damn, couldn't find shock top on that list.

Hey gameface, im going to the bar tonight to watch the jazz game (The Puck).
Do bars generally sell beers higher than 4% found at gas stations/grocery stores? Do you have a recommendation for what beer I should order if I want high alcohol content? Maybe a sam adams or something? Or does the alcohol content have to be lowered to 4% even in bars because its Utah?
 
fishonjazz said:
Damn, couldn't find shock top on that list.

Hey gameface, im going to the bar tonight to watch the jazz game (The Puck).
Do bars generally sell beers higher than 4% found at gas stations/grocery stores? Do you have a recommendation for what beer I should order if I want high alcohol content? Maybe a sam adams or something? Or does the alcohol content have to be lowered to 4% even in bars because its Utah?
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In Utah if a beer is sold in stores or gas stations it cannot be sold anywhere else in Utah at a higher abv.

When I go to a bar I like to order Hop Rising, a 9%abv double IPA. It is very hoppy (bitter) though, so if you don't like that it's probably not for you. Dopple Bock is I think 8%abv, but it is a darker beer, although not dark because of a roasted barley flavor but more of a caramel flavor.
 
My pet peeve is when people hijack a perfectly good thread to talk about abv in beer. Freaking alcoholics.;)
 
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