tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282140921851003304.post95379297544263117..comments2023-10-19T08:07:01.709-04:00Comments on drinkdrank: Waxing NostalgicCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129472719929268755noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282140921851003304.post-47180267169655560992013-04-19T12:45:49.147-04:002013-04-19T12:45:49.147-04:00I'm pretty sure "3.2" beer refers to...I'm pretty sure "3.2" beer refers to the alcohol by weight, not by volume. Therefore, it's more in the neighborhood of a nominal 4% by volume.<br /><br />When I was in college in Iowa 40 years ago, the beer sold in the supermarket was all 3.2 beer (including the several brands of Bock beer I enjoyed). We did however sometimes buy Stite (malt liquor) in the state run liquor stores. Not sure what the octane was on that, but it could have been somewhere between 5-6% (any historians out there who know the number?)The Professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282140921851003304.post-10196842316268973112013-04-19T06:30:25.271-04:002013-04-19T06:30:25.271-04:00Aw, what did that guy know anyway?Aw, what did that guy know anyway?Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374706510870731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1282140921851003304.post-56317442602257258842013-04-18T16:46:03.417-04:002013-04-18T16:46:03.417-04:00All very true. I'll never forget when I sat w...All very true. I'll never forget when I sat with Michael Jackson in Magnan in Montreal (old-time local tavern) and ordered Molson Export Ale and said, hey it's not of a piece with the best craft stuff but I grew up with this beer, it has nostalgia value and this is part of my youth. He looked at me with his trademark lidded eyes and said with Yorkshire(and writerly) honesty, "it's sort of watery, isn't it?". <br /><br />Ah well, I guess he was right, but that was one of the few times I dissented from St. Michael's views. :)<br /><br />GaryGary Gillmannoreply@blogger.com