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  2. Standard drink - Wikipedia

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    A 750 ml (25 US fl oz) bottle of 12% ABV wine contains 9 units; 16% ABV wine contains 12 units; a fortified wine such as port at 20% ABV contains 15 units. 100 ml (3.4 US fl oz) glass of wine (13.5% alcohol) = 1 Australian standard drink; 150 ml (5.1 US fl oz) glass of wine (13.5% alcohol) = 1.5 Australian standard drinks

  3. Alcohol measurements - Wikipedia

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    189.42 mL. 6.39 US fl oz. 6.66 imp oz. 1⁄3 of an Imperial pint. Short for Nipperkin. Strong ale and Barley wine were usually bottled in nips [3] Metric measurement glasses and containers usually round up to a metric half pint of 200 mL (7 imp oz). small glass (US) 236.59 mL. 8 US fl oz.

  4. Alcohol by volume - Wikipedia

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    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).

  5. Alcoholic spirits measure - Wikipedia

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    This second variation is commonly seen in a double-thimble or "hourglass" form, with two metal cups of different volumes (often in a 3:2 or 2:1 ratio, like a U.S. standard 1.5 fl oz "jigger" and 1 fl oz "pony", or UK standard 25/50mL or 35/70mL combos) spot-welded to each other at their relative bottom surfaces, possibly with a handle between ...

  6. Blood alcohol content - Wikipedia

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    Blood is denser than water and 1 mL of blood has a mass of approximately 1.055 grams, thus a mass-volume BAC of 1 g/L corresponds to a mass-mass BAC of 0.948 mg/g. Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, and Switzerland use mass-mass concentrations in their laws, [ 5 ] but this distinction is often skipped over in public materials, [ 11 ...

  7. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes. In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup being 250 millilitres.

  8. Fluid ounce - Wikipedia

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    The US fluid ounce is based on the US gallon, which in turn is based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches that was used in the United Kingdom prior to 1824. With the adoption of the international inch, the US fluid ounce became ⁄128 gal × 231 in 3 /gal × (2.54 cm/in) 3 = 29.5735295625 mL exactly, or about 4% larger than the imperial unit.

  9. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The smaller "pony" shot is 20–30 ml (0.70–1.06 imp fl oz; 0.68–1.01 US fl oz). According to Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac 2009, a pony is 0.75 fluid ounces [clarification needed] of liquor. [42] According to Wolfram Alpha, one pony is 1 U.S. fluid ounce. [43] "Double" shots (surprisingly not always the size of two single shots, even in ...