"Warren Place" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Expletive Deleted wrote:
> > Apparently the 23% had Vim and Vigor crossed out in black marker. The
18%
> > had some with Vim and Vigor not crossed out, and some that *were*
crossed
> > out. So that by itself is not a good means to tell the difference.
> > The newest 18.8% apparently doesn't mention vim and vigor at all, so
> > that's how to ID that one.
> anybody know why they marked out "vim and vigor" in the previous
> years?
> Warren Place
>

Your Tax Dollars At Work.

As I understand it, the BATF required those words to be stricken, because
they don't like for beer labels to connote "strength". You *can* have the
alcohol percentage, but you can't say it's "strong".