tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post7177615616837055142..comments2024-03-29T05:24:30.793-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Disclosing gravityRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-19331021933928321382014-04-20T08:57:58.729-07:002014-04-20T08:57:58.729-07:00As a rule of thumb of course for ordinary milds an...As a rule of thumb of course for ordinary milds and bitters the ABV could be read from the quoted OG.<br /> For example a beer of OG 1.037 would have an ABV of 3.7% as near as makes no difference,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-68020048929354605042014-04-20T06:48:43.718-07:002014-04-20T06:48:43.718-07:00Tim,
in the 1980's it became a legal requirem...Tim,<br /><br />in the 1980's it became a legal requirement to have the OG on beer labels and pump clips. <br /><br />Why gravity and not ABV? Because at the time beer duty was based on the OG.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-29554695501988522632014-04-20T05:29:51.262-07:002014-04-20T05:29:51.262-07:00Briefly, what happened in the 1980s?
And why was...Briefly, what happened in the 1980s? <br /><br />And why was gravity so important? Surely the ABV was already available and tightly and relevantly correlated with gravity? Or was ABV not a standard published stat back then? Tim Nichols'shttps://twitter.com/timnicholasnoreply@blogger.com