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Old March 12th 08, 02:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,alt.usenet.kooks,alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk
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Default Way off topic, but it has do to with the French

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:39:53 +0000 (UTC), in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Bertie the Bunyip
bloviated:

Dylan Smith wrote in
:

On 2008-03-12, dave hillstrom wrote:
Presumably a 16oz pint, as opposed to the 20oz Imperial pint.

bottom line; english beers are LESS alcoholic per unit volume than
american beers. period.


They are? They vary quite widely in strength from around 3% for a mild,
and near 7% for 'strong ale'. There are one or two outliers at about 9%.
Beers in the US range from around 3.2% to around 5.5% for the mass
produced stuff, and generally around 5%-7% for some of the smaller
breweries outputs. Presumably, there are a couple of 9% outliers too.


There are, mostly in Scotland where they probably deep fry them into the
bargain.


Bertie


Canadian (Belgian Style) brewery called Unibroue
www.unibroue.com

They ales with up to 9% (used to be 10%). Only brews I have ever found
that have that high of alcohol and don't taste disgusting.

I especially like Trois Pistoles & La Fin Du Monde