Why can't I add 0.0% ?

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  1. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    In the US on the Federal level, the limit for "alcoholic beverages" is anything above 0.5%, even tho' some states still have a category called "Non-intoxicating" (most are or were, under 3.2% ABW) left over from laws passed in the immediate post-Repeal period.

    Used to be underage people could buy the under 0.5% "malt beverages/cereal beverage/near beer" but, IIRC, some states even passed laws in the '80s during the Great Neo-Prohibitionist/MADD Scare that outlawed it.

    "Near Beer Has Alcohol in it! It's     'baby-beer', teaching kids how to drink and get a taste for beer!"
     
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  2. beer_beer

    beer_beer Pooh-Bah (2,306) Feb 13, 2018 Finland
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    I second this, one LA/NA style is enough. In fact some 0.5% beers are now just in the same style category on BA as the beers with higher ABV, that's even ok in my opinion, for example if they have a "big brother" of the same brand.

    But when talking about main styles, having close to no alcohol at all is what sets NA/LA apart, even if there is starting to be NA stouts, IPAs and so on. Having a 2.5% stout in NA/LA wouldn't make much sense in my opinion. Just put it in its stout style category. 1.2% is suitably low for making it practically without any alcohol at all, giving a "style" in itself.
     
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  3. beer_beer

    beer_beer Pooh-Bah (2,306) Feb 13, 2018 Finland
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    Couldn't leave the question: why are there those "odd" limits of 1.2% and 2.5% ABV, why those decimals? The answer could be the more "scientific" alcohol by weight. Here is a conversion tool: https://www.probrewer.com/tools/percent-alcohol-conversion-calculator/

    1.2% ABV gives 0.947% by weight, very close to 1% flat
    2.5% ABV is 1.973% by weight, or 2%

    Probably not a coincidence getting 1 and 2%. When there are no clear borders you have to invent some :slight_smile:
     
    #43 beer_beer, Mar 2, 2019
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