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USA Today recently reported that some states are pushing for higher alcohol-by-volume percentages in beer. While the average has about 4.65 percent alcohol in it, in states like Vermont and Montana, you can drink a breskie with upward of 16 percent alcohol in the drink.
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But are all beer drinkers really inquisitive enough to ask how much alcohol is in the beer they’re ordering? Does having a cap on alcohol-by-volume help prevent things like alcohol poisoning and drunk driving, or are you already chugging liquids like Everclear, with 95 percent alcohol?
All we know is that high-percentage beers would not be a good idea for lightweights like us, who get tipsy from a can of PBR.
