In the United States, a "standard" drink is any drink that contains about 0.6 fluid ounces or 14 grams of "pure" alcohol. Below is the approximate number of standard drinks in different sized containers of
regular beer (5% alc/vol) 12 fl oz = 1 16 fl oz = 1⅓ 22 fl oz = 2 40 fl oz = 3⅓ |
malt
liquor (7% alc/vol) 12 fl oz = 1½ 16 fl oz = 2 22 fl oz = 2½ 40 fl oz = 4½ |
table
wine (12% alc/vol) 750 ml (a regular wine bottle) = 5 |
80-proof
spirits
or "hard
liquor" (40% alc/vol)
|
Do you drink cocktails or a beverage not listed above? If you're curious and willing to do a little homework on your drink's alcohol content, you can use Rethinking Drinking's calculators to estimate the number of standard drinks per cocktail or container.