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Alcohol Content of Various Beverages

Comparisons of alcohol content by volume for various alcoholic beverages:

Beverage %Alcohol  Beverage %Alcohol
Table Wine 12% to 14% Dessert Wine 17% to 24%
Beer
Natural Light 4.2% Michelob Dry 4.8%
Budweiser 5% Miller Genuine Draft 4.6%
Hamm's Beer 4.4% Miller Light Ice 5.8%
Liqueurs
Amaretto 28% Kahlua 26.5%
Creme de CaCao 27% Schnapps-Peppermint 40%
Creme de Menthe 30% Triple Sec 30%
Irish Cream 17%    
Distilled Spirits
Bacardi Rum 40% JB Scotch 43%
Bacardi 141 70% Jack Daniel's Whiskey 40%
Beefeater Gin 47% Seagram's VO 40%
Brandy 40% Smirnoff 100 50%
Diesel (grain neutral) 76.5% Southern Comfort 40%
Malt Liquor
Mickey's 5.5% Magnum 40 5.9%
Mickey's Ice 5.8% St. Ides 6.8%
Old English 800 6.2% - 7.5% 
varies by state
Bull Ice 7.7%
O.E. Ice 800 8.0% 211 Steel Reserve 8.11%
Colt '45 6.4 % Camo 8.1%

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