Which alcohol percentages make the best beer?

Which alcohol percentages make the best beer?

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Strength really has nothing to do with the quality of the beer. You can get some fantastic beers that are only 3% in alcohol, bags of flavour - but not too much strength. On the other hand, some of the world's finest beers are some of the strongest. Some of the beers from the Trappist monasteries in Belgium for example, they start at about 7, 8, 9% and go up beyond 10%. They're magnificent beers, big, bold beers, but so brilliantly brewed that the alcohol doesn't factor. It's the flavour of the beer that takes over and makes it so enjoyable.