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> Kreuz, who typically enjoyed drinking 17 beers a day This was the point where I was hooked

by baron816 6y ago

shimonabi 6y ago
Remember, that was the time when being an alcoholic was still considered funny.
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- adonovan 6y ago
  Also, beer was 3.3% ABV when I was in college in the UK, so intake matches renal clearance. By contrast, a session of today’s “session beer” can be practically life threatening.
ilamont 6y ago
Belgian friend had a brewery job in Leuven when he was younger and said free beer and frequent tastings were part of the job.
- Ericson2314 6y ago
  And perhaps during the time your friend had that job, it was the sole country the beer was good and varied enough to make that worth it.
w-m 6y ago
I wonder if someone already converted his beer consumption into American beer units, or whether he really drank 17 German beers. Because at 0,5l a beer, that wouldn’t leave much else to do all day.
- wil421 6y ago
  A can of normal American beer is 12oz. A 0.5l beer is equal to about 16oz so he actually drank more than 17 American beers. I assume the newspapers asked him how much he drank and the reply was 17 beers a day. Highly doubtful they did some kind of conversation.
  - jonas21 6y ago
    I dunno... 17 is kind of an odd number to say in response to a question (unless he always drank exactly 17 beers a day, which would seem equally odd). But 17 x 12oz = 204 oz = 6033 ml, which is almost exactly 12 x 0.5 liter beers. Which seems more like the sort of thing you'd say, i.e. Q: "How many beers do you drink a day?" A: "About a dozen"
    - rconti 6y ago
      Ah, that makes sense. I was thinking maybe 17 * 0.33, but that's an equally-confusing 5.6L
  - mcv 6y ago
    The kind of beer also matters. I was never much of a beer drinker, but during my university days, there was one beer that I really liked: Het Kanon, a heavy beer with 11.6% alcohol, sold in .45l bottles. That is really not comparable to drinking a regular beer. Later they reduced the bottle size to the more common 0.33l. Probably for safety reasons.

> Kreuz, who typically enjoyed drinking 17 beers a day This was the point where I was hooked

shimonabi 6y ago

Remember, that was the time when being an alcoholic was still considered funny.

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adonovan 6y ago
Also, beer was 3.3% ABV when I was in college in the UK, so intake matches renal clearance. By contrast, a session of today’s “session beer” can be practically life threatening.

ilamont 6y ago

Belgian friend had a brewery job in Leuven when he was younger and said free beer and frequent tastings were part of the job.

Ericson2314 6y ago
And perhaps during the time your friend had that job, it was the sole country the beer was good and varied enough to make that worth it.

w-m 6y ago

I wonder if someone already converted his beer consumption into American beer units, or whether he really drank 17 German beers. Because at 0,5l a beer, that wouldn’t leave much else to do all day.

wil421 6y ago
A can of normal American beer is 12oz. A 0.5l beer is equal to about 16oz so he actually drank more than 17 American beers. I assume the newspapers asked him how much he drank and the reply was 17 beers a day. Highly doubtful they did some kind of conversation.
- jonas21 6y ago
  I dunno... 17 is kind of an odd number to say in response to a question (unless he always drank exactly 17 beers a day, which would seem equally odd). But 17 x 12oz = 204 oz = 6033 ml, which is almost exactly 12 x 0.5 liter beers. Which seems more like the sort of thing you'd say, i.e. Q: "How many beers do you drink a day?" A: "About a dozen"
  - rconti 6y ago
    Ah, that makes sense. I was thinking maybe 17 * 0.33, but that's an equally-confusing 5.6L
- mcv 6y ago
  The kind of beer also matters. I was never much of a beer drinker, but during my university days, there was one beer that I really liked: Het Kanon, a heavy beer with 11.6% alcohol, sold in .45l bottles. That is really not comparable to drinking a regular beer. Later they reduced the bottle size to the more common 0.33l. Probably for safety reasons.