Beer ABV

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About a 1/2 to 1 beer difference when comparing sixpaks.

This was getting a bit off-topic for the income tax so i started a new thread.

Here are some examples which would be a bit different than 3.2% by weight / 4% +/- ABV

All values below are ABV

6%  Marshall Oktoberfest
6.5% Leffe Brune
7.8% Marshall "5" Imperial Red Ale
7.85% 2010 Wild Brew Belgian IPA Choc/Marshall
8% 2013 Wild Brew Spelt Saison Choc/FOAM/Prairie
8% Chimay Tripel
8.6% Marshall El CuCuy
9.6% Sierra Nevada 2012 Big Foot Barley Wine
10.4% Sierra Nevada Hoptimum 2013
15.92% Avery Mephistopheles' Stout
16.31% Avery The Beast Grand Cru

Edit:
You can check out other beers/styles at:
http://beeradvocate.com/
Type in a beer name, style, brewery in the search block.  Chances are it has been reviewed and the ABV will be listed.

[patric]

This was getting a bit off-topic for the income tax so i started a new thread.

Here are some examples which would be a bit different than 3.2% by weight

The River Rangers show you how you can check it yourself; just hold a Breathalyzer to the bottle and ask it to blow.
http://www.fox23.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=4074002

[TheTed]

I've long wanted someone to do some alcohol testing on 3.2 beers. 3.2 by weight equals 4.0 by volume. But that assumes brewers aren't leaving themselves room for error.

Or maybe they don't leave any room for error. Does ABLE often test 3.2 beer? I know they did at Pi Pizza, but cracking down on a small businessman is far, far different than cracking down on a major player like AB/Inbev. And we all know the beer industry is owned by the big boys like AB/Inbev.

I don't know what alcohol testing costs, but some media outlet should consider a piece that involves testing 3.2 beer, looking at ABLE's role in making sure 3.2 beer is 3.2, and comparing 3.2 beer to regular beer.

Because a significant portion of the populace still uses the terms 3.2 beer and 6-point beer, leading me to believe there's a lot of beer ignorance.

[carltonplace]

My understanding of the ABV "testing" at PI was of the highest accuracy, competency and technical means available: Smoot ordered and tasted the beer on a couple of occasions and determined that it was in excess of the legal limit.