BeerSci: Is That Water In Your Pint Glass?
Beersci Logo Todd DetwilerAnheuser-Busch is being sued for watering down their beer, but there's a way to test for that. I was going to write about hops and the people who crave them this week, but got distracted by the unfolding drama around AB-InBev. The booze giant has had a crappy run over the last few weeks: First its merger with Modelo was quashed by the Department of Justice on anti-monopoly grounds. And this week news broke that someone launched a class-action lawsuit against the company for watering down its beer. The basis of that lawsuit, as far as I can tell, rests on the claims from former Anheuser-Busch employees that the beer is diluted just before bottling, suggesting that there's less alcohol in the bottle/can than what is stated on the package. My colleague Paul and I decided to run some tests this week on some of the...