January 16, 2017

WHY STRONG BEER IS SERVED IN A SMALLER GLASS

 You’re at your local craft beer bar and you look up at the draft options for the day, obviously written in chalk. Your eyes glaze over the name and straight to the listed alcohol by volume. Spotted: 12 percent alcohol by volume beer. It’s a winner. Yet when it gets to you, it’s in a smaller glass than you were expecting. That high alcohol pint is actually a high-alcohol, eight-ounce serving. What gives?