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United States standard drinks of beer, malt liquor, wine, and spirits compared. Each contains about 14 grams or 17.7 ml of ethanol. A standard drink or (in the UK) unit of alcohol is a measure of alcohol consumption representing a fixed amount of pure alcohol.
A EU Standard Spirits Bottle used by T2L member nations to deter non-payment of duties and tariffs. [note 3] Considered a European metric "quart". Common worldwide outside of the Americas and Cuba. Fifth: 25.4 US fl oz: 1 imp pt & 6.4 imp fl oz: 750 mL: A non-EU Standard Liquor Bottle, considered a US metric "quart". Called a "two-six" or ...
Guidelines generally give recommended amounts measured in grams (g) of pure alcohol per day or week. Some guidelines also express alcohol intake in standard drinks or units of alcohol. The size of a standard drink varies widely among the various guidelines, from 8g to 20g, as does the recommended number of standard drinks per day or week.
For a standard-strength wine of 13% alcohol by volume (ABV), just under half a glass - 76ml - is one unit.
Chart showing how many units of alcohol per serving (numbers inside the chart) for servings, in millilitres, of wine with a given alcohol content, by volume. Date: 25 March 2008: Source: self-made by GNUPLOT (See the image code for the data and commands) and Inkscape based on data provided by User:DanBealeCocks. Author: Jak
Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as alc/vol or ABV) is a standard measure of the volume of alcohol contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage, expressed as a volume percent. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is defined as the number of millilitres (mL) of pure ethanol present in 100 mL (3.5 imp fl oz; 3.4 US fl oz) of solution at 20 °C (68 °F).
This is a list of countries by alcohol consumption measured in equivalent litres of pure alcohol (ethanol) consumed per capita per year. A standard drink is about 17 milliliters of ethanol, putting one liter at about 59 drinks.
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