Is beer watered down more in some states than others?

When I was in SC some people told me that beer is watered down there more than it is in other states. Is this true?|||Each state has it's own regulations regarding the maximum alcohol content a beer can have. Although not familiar with what SC laws are, I would not doubt that they have a lower allowable level then other states, as it is the only state left the only allows bars and restaurants to serve using the mini bottle's versus liter bottles. They also don't allow happy hour, or anyone to order double's. Even long island iced tea's come already pre-blended in a mini bottle.|||Although the alcohol percentage in beer is normally directly related to the amount of maltose (from grain) and other fermentable sugars within the beer, some states do require certain establishments such as gas stations and grocery stores to carry lower alcohol varieties of common beers. 'Watered down' typically refers to 'beers' with very low starting gravities, such as American Light Lagers (Bud, Miller, Coors, Other Garbage) that use very low amounts of malts in their beer to save money. Going to a liquor store in SC to buy beer should produce the same end product as anywhere else. The grocery stores may be a different story.





P.S. - I don't know why that one guy thinks domestic beers can't have more than 6% abv. I just polished off a 7.9% abv brew produced in his home state.|||I've never known beer to be watered down around where I'm from. You should order guiness. They can't water that down or you can notice the difference in colour. And it's alot nicer and good for you.|||Where I live(Colorado) we have 3.2 percent beer and "regular" 6 percent. The 3.2 beer might be what they mean when they say "watered down".





All domestic beers can contain no more than 6 percent alcohol by volume, and that's not to say that any of them do. Most are cruising along at about 4, which isn't much higher than 3.2. But people still swear up and down they can't get drunk off of "watered down" 3.2 beer, even though it has only .8 percent less alcohol by volume.





Hope this helps, and if not, you learned something new.





P.S. Most of the microbrew varieties of beer DO have right around 6 percent alcohol by volume, so if you're looking for bang for your buck...





P.P.S. I only drink Shiner Bock and Coors|||It's not exactly more watered down, instead some states have higher restrictions towards alcohol content. So the percentage (or proof) of alcohol can be lower than in another.