Folks, The Captain has been sticking to familiar waters lately. Sam Adams and Sierra Nevada and such---beers we have long ago discussed here. I did have a Pliny the Elder on tap on both Thursday and Saturday at the hep and well-tapped (go with it) Verdugo Bar, which I'm sure will become a new haunt. So look... maybe it's kind of an excuse for not sending out beernews to our millions of readers, but here are some ABV stats that I thought were interesting. Maybe you will too. So Amstel Light is... really light. Check it.

• • Guinness Draught: 4.0% (4.2% for bottled draught)
  • Beamish Stout: 3.8%
  • Dragon Stout: 6.8%
  • Amstel Light: 3.5%
  • Anchor Steam 4.9%
  • Blue Moon: 5.4%
  • Budweiser: 5.0%
  • Bud Light: 4.2%
  • Bud Light Lime: 4.2%
  • Busch: 4.6%
  • Coors: 5.0%
  • Coors Light: 4.2%
  • Coors Extra Gold: 5.0%
  • Corona Extra: 4.6%
  • Heineken: 5.4%
  • Heineken Light: 3.5%
  • Stone IPA: 6.9%
  • Stone Double Bastard: 10%
  • Icehouse: 5.0% and 5.5%
  • Labatt Blue: 5.0%
  • Michelob: 5.0%
  • Michelob Light: 4.3%
  • Michelob Ultra: 4.2%
  • MGD: 5.0%
  • Miller High Life: 5.5%
  • Miller Lite: 4.2%
  • Olde English 800: 5.9%
  • Olde English 800 Ice: 7.9%
  • Pyramid Pale Ale: 5.1%
  • Pyramid India Pale Ale: 6.7%
  • Pyramid Snow Cap: 7.0%
  • Red Dog: 5.0%
  • Redhook ESB: 5.8%
  • Sam Adams Boston Lager: 4.8%
  • Sam Adams Light: 4.0%
  • Sam Adams Double Bock: 8.5%
  • Shiner Bock: 4.4%
  • Shiner Light: 3.9%
  • Sapporo Reserve: 5.2%
  • Sierra Nevada Pale Ale: 5.7%
  • Sierra Nevada Bigfoot: 10%
  • Widmer Hefeweizen: 4.7%
  • Widmer Drop Top Amber Ale: 4.9%