What does proof equal in alcoholic beverages?
There is nothing average about beer, and beer is not typically proofed like distilled alcohol is, but let's work this out.The average AbV (Alcohol by Volume) of domestic beer in the US is 3.5%. That would be a proof of 7.The average AbV of microbrews in the US is about 7.5, making that proof 15.The highest domestic AbV of a US brewed beer is Sam Adams' Utopias at 28%, putting the proof at 56.The highest AbV of any beer in the world is Brewmeister Armageddon from Scotland at 68%, or 130 proof.