what percentage of alcohol is in beer?

Answer 1

It varies from state to state (in the US) and in different countries, the per cent alcohol also varies.

There's no simple answer for all locations.

Answer 2

Beer is around 4 or 5, Ale is about 6 and lagers are higher in alcohol

Answer 3

Light lagers 3-5%
Regular lagers 4-5%
Amber ales 5-6%
Wheats 4-8%
Sweet stouts 4-6%
Robust stouts 5-8%
IPAs 6-8%
Belgian abbeys and trappists
--Dubbels 6-8%
--Triples 7-9%
--Quadruples 8-11%
Imperial (or Double) IPAs - 8-14%
(Russian) Imperial stouts 9-15%

Then the big players:
Hair of the Dog Dave - 29%
Sam Adams Utopias - 25%
Dogfish Head 120-Minute IPA - 21%
Dogfish Head World Wide Stout - 18%
Dogfish Head Raison D'Extra - 18%
Sam Adams Triple Bock - 17.5%

Answer 4

Coors recenly sued the govt. for the right to put alcohol % on the label.Coors regular is 5% others more or less % 5% is good less bad I can drink 6 Rolling rocks and dont feel a thing

Answer 5

It depends on the beer!

Some lagers may have as little as 3%; other very strong brews can reach 11%, I'm told. You can easily find out by looking at the can/ bottle etc.

Answer 6

I like with 8%

Answer 7

5% for a decent beer.

Answer 8

it depends of sort of beer- about 5,0%v/v.