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Low-strength, or “fermented malt beverage”

Under Colorado law, convenience and grocery stores are allowed to sell only beer with an alcohol content of 3.2 percent by weight (4 percent by volume) or less. (Some brewers make weaker versions of their full-strength beers to sell in grocery stores.) Examples: % alcohol by weight

Molson Light 1.9

Amstel Light 2.8

Becks Light 3.04

Murphy’s Stout 3.2

Full-strength, or “malt liquors”

Under Colorado law, liquor stores, bars and restaurants can sell only beer that is stronger than 3.2 percent alcohol by weight (4 percent by volume). Examples:

Guinness Draught (bottle) 3.29

Bud Light 3.36

Coors Light 3.36

Blue Moon 4.32

Fat Tire 4.24

Odells 90 Schilling 4.24

Stone IPA 5.52

Sam Adams Triple Bock 14.00

Sources: Denver Post archives;


This list has been corrected in this online archive. Originally, due to incorrect information on two websites, the alcohol content of bottled Guinness Draught was wrong. It has an alcohol content of 3.29 percent by weight, which
classifies it as “full strength” under Colorado law.


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