----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault"
Subject: Re: GFM & PDML
For decades now, we Canucks have perpetuated this myth that "our beer is stronger" than US beer. Truth is, back when my Dad was a kid, that might have been true. Over the years, ours has gotten weaker (5% is the norm) and yours may have gotten stronger. At one point, we measured the alcoholic content differently, so your's said something like 3% or 4%, but it was actually the same as ours.
We measure beer alcohol as a % of total volume.
They measure it as a % of total weight.
3.6% alcohol by weight is very close to 5% alcohol by volume (if the numbers that my friend who worked at Molson's are accurate), since alcohol weighs significantly less than water.
