Talk:Malt liquor
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The version of the Malt Liquor article present on 3/14/2005 has this statement:
"In some areas of the western United States, beers that are too strong to legally be beer are confusingly called "ale." "
Could you maybe be more specific about where in the Western US Ale is used to mean a malt liquor type beverage?
In Oregon and Washington there are micro/craft brews called Ales but they are a completely different category from malt liquor.
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[edit] Barley wine?
I suspect that in the UK, "barley wine" is a substantially more upmarket product than "super lager." A Briton could perhaps elucidate. Barley wines are strong beers, but none of the ones I have heard of, either in the UK or the USA, are lagers. I still have a bottle of Thomas Hardy 1995 around here somewhere. It's not a beer that would appeal to "lager louts," I suspect.
- Yes this is all wrong. Barley wine is always an ale, never a lager and is an expensive unusual product, I think I hadnt really picked up on this when I skimmed the article before because of the various references to ale, but these are all confusing names not about the styles. There are "super lagers" in the UK too (perhaps worth having a redirect from super lager, things like Special Brew, as drunk by the homeless ("Street drinkers" as they are known by the beer companies who target them apparently). Justinc 09:57, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I remember reading an anecdote about how some Michelob lager beer had to be called ale in Arizona and Nevada for legal purposes. I do not have easy access to the Arizona or Nevada alcoholic beverage regulations. -- Smerdis of Tlön 04:38, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Study?
Can anyone provide a link to either the institution or study that is mentioned in the article - that Malt Liquor is the alcohol of choice to the homeless and unemployed?
I did not add the information to the article but a little Google (Scholar) searching revealed the source for the information: "(Malt liquor beer) drinkers were more likely to be homeless, to receive public assistance for housing, and to be unemployed." From: Characteristics of malt liquor beer drinkers in a low-income, racial minority community sample --Lavishluau 08:24, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] World's Largest 40 collection
http://www.40ozmaltliquor.com/40ozcrew/collections/40ozcollection.html
[edit] Please help corroborate, what a "forty" is
A user is insisting that a forty refers to a 40 oz bottle of regular liquor such as vodka, not malt liquor. I've reverted once and I'm not going to screw around fighting someone over this. Anyway, in my opinion this sentence in now incorrect and someone else should change it back "A forty ounce ... almost always refers to 40 oz. of liquor. Often, these bottles are simply called 40's. " ike9898 17:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- From The Rap Dictionary 40 noun 1. A 40-ounce bottle of malt liquor. "Blushin in this 40-ounce , letting the ink from my pen bleed.."[The Game - Dreams(2004)] ike9898 17:50, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Florida
40oz malt liquors are not available in florida and i think should be mentioned in this article. if i can find official legislation about this, i'll post it. the highest is 32oz. 68.35.201.102 04:40, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Examples
I think the examples section is misnamed. Will try to think of better name. ReverendG 03:50, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
- Sounds good. I think overall the article is in need of a general cleanup and reorganization. --Brownings 05:11, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Slang term
Urban Dictionary is not a valid source for WP. Unless you have a valid source for the term, stop reverting. OscarTheCat3 01:36, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
