Originally Posted by redfooj
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.
Sadly, this is not correct either.
The density of ethanol is only 0.789 g/ml.
The amount of alcohol allowed in a beverage and still retain the name "beer" is defined by federal statute. There is no beer that has 28 grams of ethanol per 12oz
Go read the label of an american beer, either light beer, or Ice beer...you will see its 4.2-4.8% alcohol by volume. Some States are even lower....
Now lets round it up to 5% for easy math. 12 ounces at 5% alcohol equates to 0.6 ounces of ethanol. 0.6 ounces x 28.35 grams/ounce = 17.01 grams x 0.789 (specific gravity of ethanol) = 13.4 grams of ethanol per 12 ounce beer.....and that's on the high side.
As alcohol is my career for some 13 years now, I assure you there is no beer with the alcohol concentration you stated above. Perhaps you are thinking of carbohydrates....?