Canadian Beer vs American Beer
 

Which regular beer do you think has more alcohol, American or Canadian?

I'll give the answer later.

Its canadian and always has been

Ok here it is:

In the United States alcohol in beer is measured by weight (abw), while in Canada it is measured by volume (abv). The two systems produce different figures but for the sake of comparison, a beer that is 5 per cent abv is equal to one that is 4 per cent abw. For example, Coors Extra Gold is 3.9 per cent abw and Labatt Blue is 5 per cent abv. They would have about the same amount of alcohol.

Found that quite interesting. Heres where I found that.

http://www.beer.com/ca/articles/be_a...5_canvsus.html

I find that hard to swallow. When I was in Vegas last year I drank beer constantly without being trashed if I did that here in Canada I would be hammered.

Ya, I find that hard to believe as well. American beer is donkey piss compared to Canadian

American beer shouldn't be called beer - almost impossible to get drunk from the stuff.
Canadian beer is definately better , and anyone who thinks otherwise either hasn't drank Canadian beer or is absolutely stupid.

There are good American and Cansdian beers, and there are shitty American and Canadian beers.

But if you are going to talk about beer, why in the name of all that's holy would you even mention anything Coors? I mean, that shit's approved by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - after all, it's pure rocky mountain goat piss.

Who mentioned Coors Light?

Sorry, that was a typing error. I must have edited my post while you were responding.

Anyone that truely likes beer can say that Beer is beer, there are good beers and bad beers, but in the end a beer tastes fucking awesome whether its from Canada or US or anywhere else in the world.

Fuck I need a beer now.

GUYS arent you forgetting the best drink in the world?! VB MATE

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Lets not forget people that America is comprised of people from every country worldwide.

There are brewers in America who follow strict german brewing standards and the beer is very potent.


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Its true - In vegas you will not find good beer. Thats not to say we dont have it :)

Budweiser, Coors, Miller, ... thats all garbage. Only girls and Dallas fans drink that piss water :Graucho

When people say American beer, people automatically think of Bud, Coors, etc. There's also hundreds of great micro crafted brews in America. Probably many more than in Canada, with all kinds of varying alcohol content. I'd put some of the best US Microbrews up against the best beers of the world.

Never heard of any US microbreweries. Can you name a few? Next time im in the States I wont order the same ol shit!

This thread is stupid.

Hmm I heard somewhere that, in the beggining, they wanted guys to drink beer so the bottles were shape so it looks like a boobie (when the beer bottles looked like bottles of syrup)... Then a few years later, now they wanted the girls to start on drinking so they shaped the bottle like.....well I let you guess...

Dunno if it's true tough... LOL

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I used to study alcoholic beverages as a hobby, and at that time Carlsberg Elephant was the strongest beer in general distribution. Now Carlsberg Elephant is brewed in Canada, I think, and the last time I had it, it still tasted pretty good.

The trouble is, the more alcoholic a beer becomes the less like beer it seems. One of the things about regular beer that makes it different from wine and distilled beverages is that there is little enough alcohol that you can't taste it.

People who want to split hairs may claim that beers of this strength are really "malt liquor," but since this term literally means "a liquid made from malt," it's still beer. Actually, in a sense, Saki is a kind of beer instead of a wine, since beers are made from grains and wines are made from fruit, as a shorthand definition.

yankies always have to think they are the best or have the best of everything. sad

True, but many Canadians constantly need to point out America's problems and deficiencies. Canadians have a problem with not being modest. At least on this board they do.

I believe it's true as it's obvious men didn't care about the bottles, as long as they can get their fix :) It was probably harder to get women to drink beer so they shaped bottles into penises.

Argh jeez... I remember one time I wanted to give Carlsbarg Elephant a go.
Good grief... I was drunk for a week after the first 10.

I make my own beer and have got it down to the perfect brew (My perfect brew) and I can add as much malt and sugar as I like to make it however strong I want it. Doesnt matter where the beer is made! You act like your high altitude up in those big canadian mountains has something to do with how strong your beers are! :1orglaugh

if I pointed out the US definiencies I'd need more space than GFY's server's harddrives have.

You just reinforced the point I was making with my post above.

Cut the bullshit

We all know European beer is the best :winkwink:

There's tons of 'em. Here's a list of some just in California. Complete with reviews.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beerfly/list

Here's a few good ones I've had recently:

Old Rasputin Imperial Russian Stout - 8.9%

Stone Ruination IPA - 7.7%