Better Late Than Never

"Better Late Than Never" is acceptable when you're retired. It's nice to know more about you and your busy level of beer advocacy. Keep it going.

Cheers to you too!

 

Me too. We can make it happen someday.

 

Yeah! Nice to meet you after seeing your posts.

 

Nice introduction Dave! You have one day seniority on me here.

Seems like you are settling into your new condo nicely, though do miss your pictures from your previous condo near the gulf and Tropicana Dome.

Looking forward to seeing you again next month! Need to find out the final roster soon so I bring up enough beer.

Also, congratulations on your prestigious Beer Advocate March Beer Madness Championship! You made that tournament your bitch!

Cheers!

 

Cheers to you Dave!
It's always cool seeing posts by the legendary @DoctorZombies and I'm happy to be among the number of BA's to have had a beer in person with you.
It was good time participating with you in the MBM Tournament. Congrats on your win!

 

Thanks Dave for your introduction . You are a well known avatar and a venerable member of BA. Your posts are both informative and funny . I look forward to your WBAYDN especially with the clock feature in background,that way i know its time for another myself.

 

West Virginia was, along with a number of other US states, a "3.2" state, which limited the alcohol content of beer to less than 3.2 alcohol by weight - in some cases, the 3.2 beer was sold only by certain licensed retailers or age groups. . (3.2 ABW equals about 4% ABV.)

Interestingly, unlike many of the others where the limit was in effect since Repeal, WV did allow beer with an alcohol content of up to 5% ABW between 1935 and 1945.


...but 3.2 ABW was not "near beer", better known these days as "Non-alcoholic" beer (the legal definitions are above).

For Stroh, according to stats from the state of Ohio (also a 3.2 state for certain retail licenses) in the late 1970s, the so-called "high-test" Stroh's Beer was found to be 3.87% ABW (~4.9 ABV) while the 3.2 Stroh's was 3.06% ABW (~3.9 ABV).

 

Yeah, well I've seen others call 3.2 "near beer" in the past (maybe even here on the BA forums). I mean, I never lived or visited a 3.2-only state (I went to MN and CO, but I knew the deal about where to buy the so-called "Full Strength" beer) but I'd imagine it was still better than "no more than 0.5% ABV" NA stuff.

My favorite aspect was Coors used to (maybe still does) actually make two different Coors Light beers. I mean, for a difference of 0.1% - why bother?

Of course, they were likely brewing High Gravity Coors Light, so they just had to keep the carbonated water faucet open a bit longer for the 3.2 version.

 

I just love your fact drops!