British Beers

Alcohol percentage plays a significant role in the amount one can drink in a night. American beers have a much lower alcohol percentage than that of British beers. This I experienced first hand along with all my companions. Upon ordering one beer we all felt as if we had consumed two. The effects of British beer on us was significantly stronger than what we were normally used too. However, the fact that the British drink so frequently, they tend to have naturally higher tolerances than us, Americans, to begin with. As a result to their high tolerances, they must increase the alcohol content of their beverages in order for the same feeling to be experienced. It is apparent, even in alcohol content alone, how different Americans view alcohol as opposed to the English. Americans find alcohol as a health risk and do not promote heavy consumption of it, neither do the British; however, the fact that American beer has lower alcohol content says something about our drinking habits. We, Americans, tend to drink less frequently keeping our tolerances at a lower lever. We also begin drinking at an older age as opposed to the British who can begin drinking at the age of 14 years where their tolerance grows higher as time goes on. These differences highlight the contrast in values of Americans verses the English where Americans hold drinking to a much stricter standard than that of the British.