Are you responsible when you drink and use safe drinking tips? Then you’re a PROFESSIONAL PARTIER…..
Think you know everything about drinking? Okay…how much alcohol is in a malt liquor drink? A beer? Table wine? Well if you weren’t aware, in the U.S. a
standard drink is any drink that contains approximately 14 grams of pure alcohol (0.6 ounces or 1.2 tablespoons). Take a look below to appreciate the different
standard drink equivalents and to increase your alcohol education.
12 ounce beer or cooler
~5% alcohol
8.5 ounces of malt liquor
~7% alcohol
5 ounces of table wine
~12% alcohol
1.5 ounces of 80-proof spirits or “hard liquor”
~40% alcohol
Many people aren’t sure as to what counts as a standard drink; therefore, they do not realize how many standard drinks are in the containers in which the drinks
are sold. Examples include:
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Beer
12 oz. =1 drink 16 oz. = 1.3 drinks
22 oz. = 2 drinks 40 oz. =3.3 drinks
Malt liquor
12 oz. =1.5 drinks 16 oz. =2 drinks
22 oz. =2.5 drinks 40 oz. = 4.5 drinks
Table wine
A standard 750-mL (25-oz.) bottle= 5 drinks
80-proof spirits or “hard liquor”
A mixed drink= 1 or more A fifth (25 oz.)= 17 drinks
A pint (16 oz.) = 11 drinks 1.75 L (59 oz.)= 39 drink
For Your Information…
The black line shows 12 oz. of beer (one standard
drink) in a 16 oz. “keg cup”.
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3 full keg cups = ~4 standard drinks
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6 full keg cups = ~8 standard drinks
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9 full keg cups= ~12 standard drinks
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Keg cup filled with wine= ~4 standard drinks
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Keg cup filled with one mixed drink can be 1
or 2 standard drinks depending on the
number of shots added.