Steve Jackson wrote:

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This whole thread seems to be some sort of "retro pre-internet" 20 year
old thread. MOST of the US beers I see these days have alcohol content
listed on the label (and it happened quietly and without much fanfare,
IIRC)- I didn't realize that it was still a state-by-state thing.


Most American beers? I remain skeptical.

No, no, remain skeptical, I said "most of the US beers I see..." by
which I meant "whose labels I bother to read" since technically I do
'see' all those doors of A-B, Miller, Pabst and Coors brands. I WAS
surprised to see it listed on A-B brands.

I only mentioned it because the OP in Calif. DIDN'T find it on the beers
he was looking at.

It's less of a state-by-state thing, but that's a recent development. It's
only in the last couple years that the Supreme Court weighed in saying that
states can't prohibit the display of that info, as some did. Or the bureau
formerly known as the ATF. Can't remember whose rule was struck down, the
states' or theirs.

IIRC, didn't Coors (or Miller) go to court over not being able to list
alc. content a few years ago? I thought that's what did it.



But, since I take it the Submarine Captain isn't in the US, one can't
expect him to know this.

He's Swiss.


I understand. (Hey, so was the first "Kidden" in the America, circa
1740...)