What Is the Maximum Percent of Alcohol Permitted to Be Served as a “beer” or “Malt Beverage”?

Question by Carls J: What is the maximum percent of alcohol permitted to be served as a “beer” or “malt beverage”?
At 7-11 I noticed they are selling a malt beverage named “Joose” which boasts 9% alcohol. At what point does this stop being beer and require a necesary liquor license?

Best answer:

Answer by James M
Samuel Adams makes a beer called Utopias that is 25% ABV, and costs around $ 150 for a 750 mL bottle

it’s not liquor until the producer uses the process of distillation to remove water and concentrate the ethanol

some states do have ABV restrictions or “caps”, in which they will not allow beers over a certain ABV to be sold

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