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When did beer in California become 5% alcohol?

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HappyPuppy

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Beer in CA used to be 3.2% alcohol. I was 3.2% all my life. I just noticed that, on the side of the can, it is now 5%. When did this happen?

 
They used to advertise it as a percentage by weight and now they are doing it by volume - or vice versa - I always forget.
 
Because alchool companies are starting to hire there mangers from tobacco companies.

Give them just a little bit more hook, and ya got them for life. Just make sure you get them started young when they are even dumber than the average person :disgust:
 
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Because alchool companies are starting to hire there mangers from tobacco companies.

Give them just a little bit more hook, and ya got them for life. Just make sure you get them started young when they are even dumber than the average person :disgust:
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I'm not sure if I appreciate that.


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oh yea? which beer was it or all of them?
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I'm just looking at the Budweiser can.


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you're complaining?
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Not complaining, but I was happy with the 3.2. I could sip beers all day while working on the house, in the garden or on the car. Obviously, now, with the higher alcohol content, the point where I become disinterested in doing anything comes a bit sooner.
 
Originally posted by: bozo1
They used to advertise it as a percentage by weight and now they are doing it by volume - or vice versa - I always forget.
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I think you are right, but I don't think that differene would account for the jump from 3.2 to 5.0.

(Calculating by volume gives a higher %)

 
What kinda beer are you talking about? Each brand and flavor of beer has a different alcohol percentage.

Some beers have higher percentages than others.
 
At least here in Ohio it has always been 5%. Used to be that in Ohio "three-two" beer was something that you could purchase at 18 with the 5% beer being limited to 21 and over (that changed sometime in the late 60's). The older guys I hang out with make fun of "three-two" beer. One was talking about getting it in a bar out west when he was road-tripping on his Harley, said it took him a while to figure out why the beer wasn't doing anything.

ZV
 
a lot of places sell different %'s in different places. like it used to be in kansas( dunno if it is anymore or not ) that if you bought beer in a grocery store it was 3.2% but if you bought it in a liquor store it was 5%. Missouri used to have 3.2% beer sales on sunday but not 5%, I think the did away with that some time ago though.
 
Different States have different laws. Icehouse is 5.5% here in NC along with Guinness, I don't think I've seen any beer over 5.5 in this state.
 
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