§ Sir WILLIAM COLLINSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what is the percentage of alcohol in the beer of gravity not exceeding 1,036 degrees and in that of the average gravity respectively referred to in the Order dated 7th July and entitled the Intoxicating Liquor Order (No. 2), 1917?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThere is no fixed percentage of alcohol in beer of any particular gravity. The amount of alcohol depends on the degree of fermentation the beer has undergone in process of manufacture, and varies in beers of the same original gravity.