Stronger then ABV would suggest?

Two Commodore Perrys and I'm done.

 

I'm no scientist, but if the ABV is accurate then this is impossible. Your experience likely has more to do with the contents of your stomach, your activity level, how fast you drink it, etc.

 

You may be no scientist, but you sound like a doctor.

 

creationism> science or any so called doctors



haha

 

A restaurant manager at the brewery where I work made the mistake of stating she doesn't believe in science....despite the fact that beer is a biological process.

 

Well, it is a 7.5% IPA, and being an IPA (not a double), you probably drink it faster than most 7%+ beers. There, that's your answer!

 

What does that even mean, "I don't believe in science"?

To the OP, I've never experienced a beer that was more intoxicating than the ABV would suggest. Beers of the same ABV may "hit me" harder if I haven't eaten or am dehyrated, but ABV is ABV.

 

It means this thread went off the rails in a hurry.

 

I believe the margin of error allowed is .25%, which does not seem like enough to make a difference.

 

Fantome Saison

Cheers!

 

A bit more than that - § 7.71 Alcoholic content. (3) (c) Tolerances. (1) For malt beverages containing 0.5 percent or more alcohol by volume, a tolerance of 0.3 percent will be permitted, either above or below the stated percentage of alcohol.

But isn't the "loophole" that in most cases for most types of beers the US Feds don't test?

Wasn't there a mini-scandal a few years back when DFH exported some of their high ABV beers (120 or WWS) to Canada, where the Ontario LCBO does physically test and the beers came back with a lower ABV than that listed on the US labels (or was it just as listed on DFH's website? I don't think many of the current DFH labels list ABV anymore.)

 

Gotta love that Ontario thoroughness.

 

I have had Heady Topper hit me pretty hard, but it could be a variety of factors.

 

The mind and its expectations are powerful things.

 

Don't forget that comparing two beers the +/- 0.3 could be on opposite sides of the tolerance and they also could be listed at slightly different ABV, which when reading don't appear to be that different. For example say you have two beers, one at 7.1 and one at 7.5 ABV. Say the 7.1 true reading is 6.8 on the low tolerance side and the 7.5 true reading is 7.8 on the high tolerance side, for a difference of 1.0 ABV. So what looks like only a 0.4 ABV difference by label is really 1.0 ABV. Therefore, I think the argument can be made that some beers "hit hard" because of a conglomeration of extremes of tolerance and having label differences that appear to be negligible, however truly do contribute to the tolerance stack up (any one feel like doing some GD&T?).

 

I was making a jab at creationism, which I probaly shouldn't have as I probaly shouldn't make jabs at religious or political beliefs...although when having a beer at a pub they always comeup.

 

Boulevard Pilsner at 4.8% ... for some reason I feel like it's 8%. I get waxed on a sixer of that stuff, it doesn't make sense.

 

joe boo likes this post. sorry for the slight derailment.