0.6 Fluid Ounces Of Alcohol

What Is a Standard Potable?

A standard drink is any beverage that contains about xiv grams of pure booze (about 0.6 fluid ounces or i.ii tablespoons). Below are standard drinkable equivalents as well every bit the number of standard drinks in unlike container sizes for each beverage. These are guess, every bit dissimilar brands and types of beverages vary in their actual alcohol content.

	STANDARD Beverage EQUIVALENTS	APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF STANDARD DRINKS IN:

BEER or Libation
12 oz. ~v% alcohol		12 oz. = 1 sixteen oz. = ane.3 22 oz. = ii 40 oz. = 3.3
MALT LIQUOR
8-9 oz. ~7% alcohol		12 oz. = ane.5 16 oz. = 2 22 oz. = ii.5 forty oz. = four.v
TABLE WINE
5 oz. ~12% alcohol		a 750 mL (25 oz.) bottle = 5
80-proof DISTILLED SPIRITS
1.5 oz. 40% alcohol		a mixed drinkable = 1 or more than* a pint (16 oz.) = 11 a 5th (25 oz.) = 17 ane.75 L (59 oz.) = 39 *Note: Depending on factors such as the type of spirits and the recipe, 1 mixed drink tin contain from i to three or more than standard drinks.

The pct of "pure" alcohol, expressed here as alcohol past volume (alc/vol), varies by drinkable. Although the "standard" potable amounts are helpful for following health guidelines, they may not reverberate customary serving sizes. In addition, while the alcohol concentrations listed are "typical," there is considerable variability in alcohol content inside each blazon of potable (e.g., beer, wine, distilled spirits).