Questionable listed ABV

What makes you think those Clams haven't been imbibing (or more likely it doesn't take much to impart flavor)

 

If reddit says it, it must be true
https://www.reddit.com/r/beer/comments/99ysas/how_can_budweiser_and_budweiser_chelada_both_be_5/

Seems like they do brew it at a higher ABV even for the regular then water it down, and then adjust it appropriately for the chelada version.

 

Pretty sure there is no real clamato in there. Just some crazy clamato flavoring. I bet there is no more than 2-3 drops per can.

 

I heard those beers are just blended off batches of bud and bud light

 

AB (and many other large, and some "small", breweries) brew their flagship and other beers via the high gravity method - brew a strong beer and then, at bottling, reduce the concentrated beer by adding sterile, deaerated, carbonated water. Gets the ABV exactly where they want it, saves money, increases capacity, etc. I'd imagine that's how these "mixed" beers marketed by the big brewers like cheladas, shandys, radlers wind up at more or less "normal" abv's.

According to AB's Tap Into Your Beer website, Budwieser Chelada's ingredients are:

 

High gravity brewing. They can create a final product with basically whatever final ABV they desire.

 

Pro Tip: Even when the clams imbibe, the alcohol remains in the can unless they (while dead) can find a way to metabolize said alcohol.

 

Once had a aslin beet which said 13% on the can and ended up being 18%when we checked untapped lol

 

I'm certain that big corporations are careful to be accurate with ABV listed on pkg., but that isn't true for all companies. A recent example is the public accusation and subsequent admission of such by 450 North. I often wonder how widespread this misreporting is, and how greatly the numbers are "off". 450 North got busted because their numbers were "off" greatly.

 

Thanks for solving the mystery!

 

How do you know that the can's abv was wrong?

 

Untapped said the can was wrong

 

What's the beer?

 

3 Notchd had a tripel (?) recently where the 4 pack was marked 9ish abv but the bottle was marked 12ish abv... me and the bottle shop owner wonder how the hell they got away with that.

 

I guess that settles it

 

Lol