These posts amuse me. Most American beers run in the 5-8% range. Guinness Extra Stout, which is considered by many to be one of the strongest, is right around 7.9%. That is about the highest that you will find any beer. Some parishes/counties require that beer be of a lower percentage, but that doesn't reign on American beers as a whole. Perhaps what your Field Secretary was suffering from was a change in altitude or a difference in Oxygen levels. Beer in higher altitudes is often sold at a lower percentage because it takes less to become inebriated.
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These posts amuse me. Most American beers run in the 5-8% range. Guinness Extra Stout, which is considered by many to be one of the strongest, is right around 7.9%. That is about the highest that you will find any beer. Some parishes/counties require that beer be of a lower percentage, but that doesn't reign on American beers as a whole. Perhaps what your Field Secretary was suffering from was a change in altitude or a difference in Oxygen levels. Beer in higher altitudes is often sold at a lower percentage because it takes less to become inebriated.
Both of which equal 1 gram of water. Beer is roughly the same density, sorry that I left that part out.
Hrm...Canadians use the metric system, am I right??? In any case... 1 ml = 1 cm^3 (i.e. % weight and % volume are the same.)