The current standard for draught Guinness in the UK is 4.2%. According to Richardson, writing in 1784, in his treatise on the use of the saccharometer, porter averaged 7.1% abv. I wonder what stout came in at (stout = stout [i.e. strong] porter).

Who knows, Giok ... maybe they'll invent an alcohol pill to swallow with the PC pint of the future?