Originally Posted by forensicchemist
You READ correctly, but a beer does not contain 28 grams of ethanol. Depending on the brand, it has around 12-13 grams only. Ice beers have slightly more, lite beers have slightly less...but NO american beer has 28 grams of ethanol.
Mark
assumming 1g/ml density, ive had tons of american beers above 28g alcohol per 12oz
tons of cheap "ice" beer with up to 9% abv... old english 800 ice/high grav, steel reserve high grav,
lots of craft american beers... dogfish head 90 min ipa, new belgium trippel, 1554 black, etc
many seasonals are up to 15, 18% abv. 50+ grams of ethanol
even the watered down mass beers are 4-5%. even beers in UTAH are 13+ grams.