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DYKWIA
Conversely, when in the US, we like to do self paced brewery tours. It’s increasingly difficult to find anything < 6%. There doesn’t seem to be a concept of a “session” beer
16oz pints ... deduct 20% to get your true alcohol consumption
. And more scarily, add 25% plus a tip to the price to reach equivalence.
I was in a taproom in Bermondsey ahead of the Millwall-Norwich game last night. ABVs ranged from 4.5% to 10.5%. In retrospect given Norwich's performance, I should have headed towards the anesthetic (or perhaps anesthesia) end ...
But certainly whether you look at craft beer or real ale, you easily find strengths between 3.6% and 5.5% in pretty much any decent pub, and it's not terribly hard to find stronger stuff if you want it.