Noticed on a flight back from Toronto that the beer served in the airport lounge (true Canadian beer) was STRONGER than what we get in the USA. Considering that I was seated between two gorgeous supermodel types, I regret passing out shortly after takeoff.
I didn't want to advertise brand names but it was LaBatts Beer.
Granted, I didn't scientifically measure the alcohol content but the bartender said that, as an American, I would find it stronger than what I was used to. Maybe I was being gullible for accepting it but the couple pints hit me harder than "usual."
But, for the sake of argument, perhaps the effects were due to being tired, or maybe the dehydration of being in an aircraft made the alcohol assimilate faster? Or maybe my seat mates were true knock-outs. Well, probably not... but it was certainly out of the ordinary.
On my next trip to Canada, will repeat the experiment...
Really? And truly? Tell ya what, sport ... tell me what the strength of beer is "that we get in the USA." Then tell me all about how strong this "true Canadian beer" is. Go ahead. Show that you're more than just another troll.
So? What was the strength? There's more than one beer from Labatt, too.
So? It's on the label, if it was bottled, and if it was from a keg, the bartender could probably have told you. That is, if the bartender actually knew, and wasn't talking out of his backside.
Really? What are you used to? Did you ask the bartender what the strength was? Let me guess: no, you didn't.
I'd go with that g-word, and no "maybe" about it.
Maybe you could just get the actual numbers, instead. It might even be educational or something.
Most 'American' beer I drink is around the 7% ABV mark. I bet that would blow the doors off that 'true Canadian' beer any day.
It can't. Obvious troll.
The bartender was perpetuating a myth, unless the Canadian beer you were drinking was Maudite or La Fin Du Monde and the American beer you are used to drinking is Coors Lite. I would also bet that true Canadian beer tasted better in Canada too eh? Must be a different recipe or something? LOL!
"Where can we get these placebos? Ouch!"
_Randal
Okay then, obviously it was the power of suggestion. I stand corrected... but still planning to take crib notes when enjoying libations on my next trip north of the border...
Don't worry, it comes from an old old misunderstanding versus measuring alcohol by weight and alcohol by volume. It used to be that most breweries in America measured alcohol by weight whereas in Canada (... I cannot beleive I am typing this explanation again...) they measured alcohol by volume. Alcohol weighs less than water so it would take up more volume than weight.
So a standard American macro lager is roughly oh I dunno, maybe 4.3% by weight. Take that same crappy macro lager and produce it in Canada and it magically becomes 5.4%! Is there any more alcohol? Nope, just a slightly bigger number. It happens in the states asswell, I grew up in Oklahoma which is a 3.2 state (by weight) and all the idiots used to cross the border to Texas to buy what they all called 'six point' beer. Keep in mind they weren't buying Ayinger Celebrator - they were buying the same crap they bought in Oklahoma and thinking each one of those [insert lite, ice, bud, miller, etc. etc. here] was "lahk a-drankin' two of ther reg-ler!"
_Randal
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