Beer

For years, I have always heard that the alcohol content of local beer is lower than other places due to the proximity of military bases.

Truth? Myth?

Inquiring minds want to know.

can't help you here JB ..sorry

myth

jb: didn't find answer to your specific question, but this is an interesting link:

http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/FunFacts/ItsTheLaw.html

#21...Guess I better sit down!!

I guess teens love #8 in Missouri, they can get away with a chore!!!

I guess teens love #8 in Missouri, they can get away with a chore!!!

It's definitely a good excuse!

For years, I have always heard that the alcohol content of local beer is lower than other places due to the proximity of military bases.

Truth? Myth?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Seems pretty potent to me - but then I am a light weight

Florida regulates alcohol levels for beer. When I lived down there, it was suppose to have been 3.2, which is a level that several states had. Other states have had it at 6.0. No military basis that I know of. I knew a tavern owner that thought the lower content might have generated more beer sales.

I can't believe the ETOH content is different. I buy my local microbrew in Florida;same stuff, I promise you. It would be impossible to brew different batches for different states in the small brewery. Maybe they make exceptions for these guys and require the difference of the big boys (who use rice to make beer GROSS!). :funn:

From what I can gather from these posts and from my own experience, the beer in Florida DOES have lower alcohol content than the beer I buy in Alabama. I had always heard that the reason for this (at least in the panhandle) was the close proxmity to Eglin, Tyndall, NAS, etc. Obviously, this is not the reason for the lower alcohol content, but I'll be once again bringing my own beer.

My Sierra Nevada Pale Ale bottle says around 6%.

Currently, only five states, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina, limit the alcohol content of beer, typically limited to 6%, although NC has been pushing to get the limitation removed, or at least rasied to 14%. (I won't bore you with the details as to why this has changed over the years.) Florida does not limit the alcohol content of beer.;-)

You can always ad a sip of blended to get a Belgian beer taste. I learned that from my father in law and it really works. If it is needed is another question :roll:

You can always ad a sip of blended to get a Belgian beer taste. I learned that from my father in law and it really works. If it is needed is another question :roll:

Wow..interesting!

The alcohol content of Budweiser is 5.0% by volume in most states (using only as an example). However, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and select counties have certain restrictions limiting the alcohol content to not more than 3.2% by weight. In order to find out what your state restrictions are, you may want to contact your local municipality.

Years ago, many states had what was called a "blue law" which limited the sale of alcohol by volume to 3.2 on Sundays. This law also varied by state, counties and even neighboring cities. In some states beer that was over 3.2 could not be sold in grocery stores or c-stores - they actually had "beer stores". PA, OR and CO used to be like that, I'm not sure if those laws were changed.

I remember the beer was budweiser but the whiskey....?? It came in a giant brown glass bottle. The effect was amazingly simular to the beer called Westmalle triple, a 11.3% alc. beer, brown of color and not sweet at all. By-coming effect is that a handfull of those knock you down while you are smiling. ( that's why I forgot the specific details) :funn: The remake ''bud blend mix'' doesn't have that color though.

Concerning the climate in Florida I like the local % brew better I think. With "b.b.m." I'd be drunk or thirsty
Greetz, Henk

In some states beer that was over 3.2 could not be sold in grocery stores or c-stores - they actually had "beer stores". PA, OR and CO used to be like that, I'm not sure if those laws were changed.

In PA, you cannot buy any beer in the grocery stores. You must go to the "beer store". The state has recently started allowing the sale on Sundays though in the beer stores.

I remember when I was much younger we would buy our beer in Alabama and bring it to the beach b/c everyone said that the alcohol content was lower in Fl.

I am reviving this thread for Tebo. He asked me a question about the alcohol content of Alabama beer vs. Florida beer. I hope this answers your question Tebo. I will add this tha Beer with an alcohol content of up to 13.9 percent could be sold in Alabama under a measure approved by the state House of Representatives, the Associated Press reported March 4. They trying to up the alcohol content to be able to sale more imported and micro brewed beer.

p.s. Why would anyone asked me a question about beer?

For years, I have always heard that the alcohol content of local beer is lower than other places due to the proximity of military bases.

Truth? Myth?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Back to this original question, military bases do not have to obey the State regulations of alcohol content of beer, because they are Federal entities. The bases can sell any beer they want, regardless of alcohol content.

Beer...perfection that transcends state lines.

Beer...perfection that transcends state lines.

Amen brotha.

Beer...perfection that transcends state lines.

not all beer is perfection. Some is just cheap, and sometimes that beer transcends state lines illegally.

Florida regulates alcohol levels for beer. When I lived down there, it was suppose to have been 3.2, which is a level that several states had. Other states have had it at 6.0. No military basis that I know of. I knew a tavern owner that thought the lower content might have generated more beer sales.

So this post was pre-you and jdarg moving here? I was thrown off until I read the posting dates.

The alcohol content of Budweiser is 5.0% by volume in most states (using only as an example). However, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and select counties have certain restrictions limiting the alcohol content to not more than 3.2% by weight. In order to find out what your state restrictions are, you may want to contact your local municipality.

Years ago, many states had what was called a "blue law" which limited the sale of alcohol by volume to 3.2 on Sundays. This law also varied by state, counties and even neighboring cities. In some states beer that was over 3.2 could not be sold in grocery stores or c-stores - they actually had "beer stores". PA, OR and CO used to be like that, I'm not sure if those laws were changed.

Still was in CO in the 90's. Our rule was- don't buy beer from the grocery store, buy it in the liquor store where it was full strength. Visiting PA was quite confusing.

Beer...perfection that transcends state lines.

Yup. Anybody driving to SoWal from Texas soon? I need a little help 'transcending' state lines with some Fat Tire...

I thought they used to sell Fat Tire at the WaterCooler Publix on the hot beer shelf.

It would be impossible to brew different batches for different states in the small brewery.

this brewery brews 3.2 in Utah for consumption in Utah, and 6+ for consumption in Colorado.

http://www.eddiemcstiffs.com/