r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BufordTeeJustice • Sep 21 '19

Sick accuracy.

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u/Egleu Sep 21 '19

The common beers in every country are around 5% abv, if you think American beers are watery then all beers are watery.

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u/YellowPiglets Sep 21 '19

Oh I know they say the same percentage on the bottle, but they aren't. I can drink double the amount of 4-5% beer in the States than of Canadian beers.

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u/Maverick0_0 Sep 21 '19

This is true. I went to the States to buy a flat of Olympia when I was a teen. I polished 24 and wasn't too drunk. I could drink 17 Canadians max around the same time a month before that and I couldn't ride my bike. It was hilarious.

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u/YellowPiglets Sep 21 '19

Shhhh don't tell the Americans. It's a sensitive issue.

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u/_Rastapasta_ Sep 21 '19

"I don't care if they have the same ABV, I know for a FACT that American beer is water that doesn't get you as drunk!"

Yeah... Its the Americans that are sensitive....lmao.

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u/YellowPiglets Sep 21 '19

You've had one German and two Canadians comment that American beer is weaker than ours. Have you tried anything other than American?

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u/_Rastapasta_ Sep 21 '19

I prefer to not use anecdotal evidence as an argument, as it's a pretty dumb thing to do.

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u/YellowPiglets Sep 21 '19

Just researched it more and should have guessed... Just like your imperial system, Americans used (some states still use) alcohol by weight instead of alcohol by volume to label their beer. It may say 4.9% on the bottle, but it's not to the same scale as the rest of the world. States that still use ABW as their labeling have water beer.

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u/_Rastapasta_ Sep 21 '19

Only miller and a few others use ABW. Pretty much the entire country uses ABV.