r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 4d ago

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u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake 4d ago

Don't worry, as a Canadian, 8% beer is like water to me 😤

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u/Noosemane 4d ago

There's no real difference in the average alcohol content of American beer vs Canadian beer. You're just an alcoholic.

Source: I'm an alcoholic.

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u/bob4apples 3d ago

Less than there used to be but ABV is measured differently. In America ABV was "no more than..." while Canada was "no less than...". They have much tighter control now so they probably specify a narrow range in both countries (5% might be 4.9-5.0 in US and 5.0-5.1 in Canada). I do remember as a young adult downing ridiculous numbers (by my standards) of "5%" US beers like water so, back then, US beer probably had about 2/3 the alcohol of Canadian.