Definitions for "Alcohol by weight"
Keywords:  beer, abw, centiliters, abv, abbrev
The measure of the weight of alcohol as a percentage of total weight of the liquid. This standard is being used much less frequently nowadays. To convert ABW to ABV, multiply the ABW x 1.25. Conversely, to get the ABW from ABV multiply the ABV x 0.8.
Amount of alcohol in beer measured in terms of the percentage weight of alcohol per volume of beer, i.e., 3.2% alcohol by weights equals 3.2 grams of alcohol per 100 centiliters of beer. (It is approximately 20% less than alcohol by volume.)
A measure of the amount of alcohol in beer; used as a primary measure in the U.S. The measure of the amount of weight the alcohol in a beer has as a percentage of total weight.