Curtis2010
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An expat friend of mine is visiting the States and finding a lot of high ABV beers. Really, what's the point? What's driving this trend? Is it just another extreme for extreme's sake?
Email from him below:
"Crap, we have to step up our game now for visiting Michigan.* We like to try the top rated beers in each state we are in, and the alcohol content of these in Maryland have been high at 7-9% on average.
Now that we are headed to Michigan, the top 50 rated beers there range from 10-16% alcohol content.* WTF????
And these aren't all IPA's - many of them are stouts and porters.
A few years ago, we could put down 6 tasty beers on a nice night out.* Now we are being carried out of the place after 3.* We are actually trying to determine alcohol content before ordering.
Too bad because we also really like beer and would like to sample more of them, not face plant after a few.
Hope you are enjoying those low ABV, low hopped Balboas!
"
Email from him below:
"Crap, we have to step up our game now for visiting Michigan.* We like to try the top rated beers in each state we are in, and the alcohol content of these in Maryland have been high at 7-9% on average.
Now that we are headed to Michigan, the top 50 rated beers there range from 10-16% alcohol content.* WTF????
And these aren't all IPA's - many of them are stouts and porters.
A few years ago, we could put down 6 tasty beers on a nice night out.* Now we are being carried out of the place after 3.* We are actually trying to determine alcohol content before ordering.
Too bad because we also really like beer and would like to sample more of them, not face plant after a few.
Hope you are enjoying those low ABV, low hopped Balboas!
"