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On 27/02/2013 2:10 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Feb 27, 7:38 am, Dave Smith > wrote:
>> On 27/02/2013 9:58 AM, graham wrote:
>>
>>> Apparently they are being sued for watering down their beers.
>>> My question is: How would anyone be able to tell?
>>> Graham

>>
>> That's an odd story. The reports I read indicate that the suit is based
>> on what some people claim that former AB employees told them about the
>> beer being watered down. AB OTOH, claims to have sensitive and reliable
>> equipment that tests the product for it's alcohol content and adds water
>> to dilute it if it is too high. I didn't see any comments about the
>> products tasting weaker or people not drinking it anymore. One of the
>> reasons I don't like American beer is that it is all weak. The mass
>> produced American beer is really weak bland stuff. Yet, people continue
>> to drink it.

>
> Unless you're drinking 3.2, American beer is no weaker than standard
> pilsners brewed anywhere.
>



Weak tasting, not necessarily low alcohol.