Oh my sweet summer child. Come to Britain. We’ll show you what liver-threatening levels of belligerent drinking looks like. The only nations on earth that might - MIGHT - out-drink us are Russia, and maybe rural Finland.
Average abv of beer overall in the US vs beer in the UK is roughly similar. 4-5% in the US, and 4.5-4.8% in the UK.
Wisconsinites drink ~34-36 gallons (~128-132 liters) of beer per capita. Per capita consumption in the UK is ~18-20 gallons (~68-75 liters).
Additionally, while the UK has a great pub culture, that means the drinks tend to be spread out over the week, whereas Wisconsin (and really America as a whole) has more of a weekend binge drinking culture. This means that not only do Wisconsinites drink almost double what people from the UK do, but they tend to do so when only drinking 2-3 days per week.
And, if you want to include liquor, Wisconsin still has the UK beat. Pure alcohol consumption per capita is 10.6-10.7 liters per capita in the UK, vs 11.7-13.2 liters per capita in Wisconsin.
The Midwest and Great lakes region isn’t the south. Our beer is worth drinking on several different metrics.
4.5%-7% for common popular beers, and excluding the fancy craft ones that you’re probably having only one or two of that are 10%-15%.
The south has fine liquor, but some states/areas have weird laws around beer that makes it basically tap water with a dream. Their tea will have more effect.
A former colleague of mine who enjoys a glass of wine of an evening was reported to HR as an alcoholic by a Midwest American at her new job in London. It was a US-based company so HR took it seriously and she had to explain herself.
All of us at her previous job were astonished. We’d worked with an alcoholic - he had a bottle of water in his desk drawer that turned out to be vodka, and he got so drunk he passed out and fell off his chair. Miss Prim America had been on a work trip with our friend and was scandalised by her drinking wine with dinner every day. Maybe it was a religious thing?
The UK isn’t even in the top 15 European countries based on liters consumed per capita. You are higher when it comes to alcoholism per capita, but still not in the top ten.
You have a long history of drinking beer because the water wasn’t potable for much of your history. The rest of the world drinks actual spirits because we like getting drunk.
You would handle a night of drinking with Americans as well as you handle an inch of snow on the roads.
Oh my sweet summer child. Come to Britain. We’ll show you what liver-threatening levels of belligerent drinking looks like. The only nations on earth that might - MIGHT - out-drink us are Russia, and maybe rural Finland.
Wisconsin’s beer consumption per capita is almost double that of Britain’s.
And we drink that beer while we are waiting for our brandy and whisky drinks to show up.
What percentage is Wisconsin beer?
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Average abv of beer overall in the US vs beer in the UK is roughly similar. 4-5% in the US, and 4.5-4.8% in the UK.
Wisconsinites drink ~34-36 gallons (~128-132 liters) of beer per capita. Per capita consumption in the UK is ~18-20 gallons (~68-75 liters).
Additionally, while the UK has a great pub culture, that means the drinks tend to be spread out over the week, whereas Wisconsin (and really America as a whole) has more of a weekend binge drinking culture. This means that not only do Wisconsinites drink almost double what people from the UK do, but they tend to do so when only drinking 2-3 days per week.
And, if you want to include liquor, Wisconsin still has the UK beat. Pure alcohol consumption per capita is 10.6-10.7 liters per capita in the UK, vs 11.7-13.2 liters per capita in Wisconsin.
The Midwest and Great lakes region isn’t the south. Our beer is worth drinking on several different metrics.
4.5%-7% for common popular beers, and excluding the fancy craft ones that you’re probably having only one or two of that are 10%-15%.
The south has fine liquor, but some states/areas have weird laws around beer that makes it basically tap water with a dream. Their tea will have more effect.
Montana is highest in the US.
It should be noted that the rubes in both states drink shitty corporate beer for the most part.
You do know alcohol comes in other forms, right?
Per capita, UK alcohol consumption is actually just slightly ahead of WI. But the UK is also only 22nd globally by rank.
Romania drinks 150% of what WI drinks per capita, and a lot of that is wine and brandy.
I’ve been to Britian many times, you folks get out drunk by the Germans a couple times a year and by the American Midwest consistently
A former colleague of mine who enjoys a glass of wine of an evening was reported to HR as an alcoholic by a Midwest American at her new job in London. It was a US-based company so HR took it seriously and she had to explain herself.
All of us at her previous job were astonished. We’d worked with an alcoholic - he had a bottle of water in his desk drawer that turned out to be vodka, and he got so drunk he passed out and fell off his chair. Miss Prim America had been on a work trip with our friend and was scandalised by her drinking wine with dinner every day. Maybe it was a religious thing?
The UK isn’t even in the top 15 European countries based on liters consumed per capita. You are higher when it comes to alcoholism per capita, but still not in the top ten.
Pretty sure Australia and Poland are up there too based on my experiences.
You have a long history of drinking beer because the water wasn’t potable for much of your history. The rest of the world drinks actual spirits because we like getting drunk.
You would handle a night of drinking with Americans as well as you handle an inch of snow on the roads.