Beer percentages OOP WAS:Re: [Sca-cooks] MY DAY IN CLASS

[Nick Sasso]

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From: "Anne duBosc" <anne_du_bosc at yahoo.com>
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I think part of the confusion over the percentage of alcohol in beer
comes from the difference between proof and percent.  For some obscure
reason, proof is twice percent, so if a beer is 6 percent, it's 12
proof.  What my father-in-law (a cousin of Baron Corwyn's) was getting
as he lay under the worm with his mouth open was probably nearly 200
proof.
Mordonna>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I believe the largest confusion comes from not knowing if the
percentage listed is by VOLUME or by WEIGHT.  You get two different
numbers, and can lose your mind (not unlike making ganache with 8 oz of
chocolate and 8 ounces of cream . . . you better have half pound
chocolate and one cup crea, or you are in for a wild ride).

niccolo difrancesco