On Thu, 24 May 2018 12:46:10 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
John H
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It's funny, the Dutch feel the same way about Heineken. They say it's brewed for Americans
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It is. It’s all watered down. 7% alcohol here, 40% there...
40%? Not really, That is "80 proof whiskey"
The ABV on dutch beer seems to go from the US standard of 4-6% up to
as much as 15% but 10-12% seems to be the norm.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/lists/nl/
Yeast pretty much stops working at 10-12 % so they must be spiking the
beer or using some genetically modified yeast to get to 15%.
Here is a pretty good list of US beers
http://www.efficientdrinker.com/beer/
If you want more alcohol you need to buy malt liquor, really just the
legal term for a malt beverage that is higher than some state limits
for beer but some of these are really mixed drinks. (Grain alcohol,
water and flavoring). Malt beverage is a catch all for something that
is not wine and not distilled liquor.