• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Bad news: when Trump annexes Canada, your orange beer shits will have a much lower alcohol content.

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          19 hours ago

          Because Canadian beer has much higher alcohol content.

          Apparently people don’t know that.

          Either that, or they’re angry about it.

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            12 hours ago

            That may have been true once, but not anymore.

            The only difference is that light beer is, or at least used to, be preferred by Americans. Regular beer has the same standard range (5-5.5%) in both countries. In fact if it’s over 5.5 it has to be categorized as a “strong beer” in Canada while US doesn’t have that category and most craft IPAs (most popular craft beer) are 6% or over.

            So it’s really entirely preference. Currently Americans drink 40% light beer, 35% regular domestic and 25% craft. Given that the market is flooded with craft IPAs between 7-9% its very possible US beers are stronger than Canadian beers now.