Poll: your ideal ABV

EXACTLY! And most good quality high ABV brews have tons of flavor.

 

[Unnecessary] naps? Are you crazy?

 

6.8%

 

I'm one of only 3 apparently that like em 19% or higher. Figure if I gotta pay good money for good beer, it might as well knock me down so I don't wind up drinking all of them in one sitting. Clearly, I have no self control.

 

I voted 4-6%. I had 3 Hop Ranches the other night in about 2 hours and had the early stages of a good buzz...one more would have put me in the danger zone. I like a little more sessionability.

 

4 - 6% I prefer steins to snifters.

 

4%

 

4 - 6 cos I don't mind spending several hours per session drinking and that fifth beer where you are playing exclusively in the +7.5% abv field is generally never a good idea cos it leads to other things and your not remembering them as people tell you how they did.

 

I like the way it is now. I like the diversity in ABV of beers. I would hate it if BCBS had 5% alcohol and within the time it took me to drink one I ended up having more alcohol leave my system than enter. I would also not like to get drunk off a couple Honker's ales.

 

7-9 all the way, though realistically 6-12 is the range all my favorites are in

 

A better method would be to use # of beers consumed based on 12oz servings while totaling up the abv of each beer to get a number that you are comfortable with.
A random example for any given night might be-
2 @ 9% =18
2 @ 5.5% =11
Your abv # on this night would be 29.

4 Sucks @ 8% and your # is a happy 32.

 

I prefer lower ABV. I get a better buzz. I like high ABV sippers at certain times, but only then.

 

8-12 wasn't an option but it is my choice. Not solely based on buzz catching but the majority of the most enjoyable brews I have had fall into this range. I'm also perfectly content with a 7.5% Lagunitas sucks or a 5% Cantillon Gueze or a 15% BCBS. Or a 6% local IPA. Or whatever tastes good.

But I find my trips to beer bars usually end up being 3 or so brews in the 8-10 range. My home purchases and trips to less beer centric establishments will vary wildly

 

I could dig a 5% Quad

 

If the choices weren't already their i would have said 6 - 8% But as such, i went with 7 - 9%

 

Try to keep my beers in that 4% category.
Firestone Pale 31
Stillwater Classique
Elysian Split Shot > is what I have been drinking lately.
(Also a lot of Evil Twin Bikini Beer, I'll admit I go through about a case a weekend at 2.7%)

 

gotta go with the 4-6 range. sessionable, usually cheaper, and with less calories.

 

0% for me. I love beer for the taste and would love to choose any beer without taking ABV into consideration. Also you could then drink it anywhere, enjoy it while driving, etc.

 

I wouldn't change a thing. I love that I can have low ABV beers when I want them, or a DIPA or Imperial Stout when I just want one. Somehow a 4-5% DIPA just doesn't seem right to me.

 

I went with 7-9. However if it were broken down slightly different offering a 6-7 range, I'd be there for sure. 4 is just too low for anything that doesn't involve tailgating, or mass consumption in general. But 9 is quite high for a weekday night. I attempt to drink 'healthy' by going with the 'beer a day' rule, except weekends all bets are off.

All this being said, it would be a shame to downgrade many beers down into this ABV range. Can you imagine drinking a 7% BCBS?