Alcohol in your drink

How much ALCOHOL is in How drunk you get depends on how much pure alcohol your drink contains. One way to calculate this is by counting units. One unit is 10 ml of pure alcohol. It takes the average adult around an hour to process this so that there's none left in their bloodstream, although this varies from person to person. your favorite DRINK ? The alcohol content in drinks is also expressed as a percentage of the whole drink. Familiarize yourself with the alcohol percentages of your favorite drinks by learning about the alcohol content of wine, beer, and liquor. Below are typical ranges of alcohol percentages by volume (ABV) of some common types of drinks. BEERS Extra Strong Beer Pilsner Porter Lager 4-5% 3-6% 4-5% 3-6% Porter Wicked E Pilsner CEBERG Brown Indian Ale Pale Stout 4-6% Ale 5-10% 6-7% STOUT ABV - Alcohol by Volume simply represents the amount of volume consumed by ethanol compared to the entire volume of the drink. It is expressed as a percentage of the whole drink. If you take a look at the label of a bottle of wine or a can of lager you will see either a percentage, followed by the abbreviation “ABV" which stands for alcohol by volume, or sometimes just the word "vol". So, wine that says "13 ABV" on its label contains 13% pure alcohol. Sparkling Wine Retsina WINES Table Wine 10-11% 8-12% 9-14% Dry White Barley Wine Cabernet 11-14% 11-15% 10-12% ENTEN Proof - This term is used among the strongest spirits. To compute a liquor's proof you simply multiply the ABV by 2. The theoretic highest possible strength of any drink is therefore 200-proof. In reality though the maximum for distilled spirits is 191-proof because not all of the water can be distilled from ethanol. FORTIFIED WINES Sherry 17-22% Marsala Madeira 15-17% 15-18% TERR ARS Vermouth Port Bum 15-18% Wine Wine 16-20% Lalipao 15-20% 10 ABW - Alcohol by Weight - This is similar to ABV but instead of the volume consumed by the ethanol its mass is used instead. Beer brewers often used this measurement in states that require limits on strength of beer sold in food markets (for example 3.2 beer in Oklahoma). This is preferred over ABV in these cases because the ABW is roughly 80% of the ABV. Beer that is 4% alcohol by volume can be sold and still meet the 3.2 ABW limit. SPIRITS Vodka, Cask Light Strength Whiskey 60% Whiskey, Liqueurs ABSOU VODK S LIM BEA Rum 15-25% 40% LY BOY Clonparcds 105 RYE Neutral Grain Absolute Rectified Spirits 96% Absinthe Alcohol Spirits 95% 55-90% 98% DATER LAKD AGKAA GIN OTHER DRINKS Wine Breezers/ Coolers Fruit Juice Cider 4-8% Alcopops < 0.1% 3-7% 4-7% For more food and beverage facts and recipes, visit Gourmandia.ca, Gourmandia.fr, Gourmandia.com or Gourmetrecipe.com. JBSOLUT GOURMANDIA sources: http://www.alcoholcontents.com/ http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/alcohol-and-you/health/guide-to-alcohol- How much ALCOHOL is in How drunk you get depends on how much pure alcohol your drink contains. One way to calculate this is by counting units. One unit is 10 ml of pure alcohol. It takes the average adult around an hour to process this so that there's none left in their bloodstream, although this varies from person to person. your favorite DRINK ? The alcohol content in drinks is also expressed as a percentage of the whole drink. Familiarize yourself with the alcohol percentages of your favorite drinks by learning about the alcohol content of wine, beer, and liquor. Below are typical ranges of alcohol percentages by volume (ABV) of some common types of drinks. BEERS Extra Strong Beer Pilsner Porter Lager 4-5% 3-6% 4-5% 3-6% Porter Wicked E Pilsner CEBERG Brown Indian Ale Pale Stout 4-6% Ale 5-10% 6-7% STOUT ABV - Alcohol by Volume simply represents the amount of volume consumed by ethanol compared to the entire volume of the drink. It is expressed as a percentage of the whole drink. If you take a look at the label of a bottle of wine or a can of lager you will see either a percentage, followed by the abbreviation “ABV" which stands for alcohol by volume, or sometimes just the word "vol". So, wine that says "13 ABV" on its label contains 13% pure alcohol. Sparkling Wine Retsina WINES Table Wine 10-11% 8-12% 9-14% Dry White Barley Wine Cabernet 11-14% 11-15% 10-12% ENTEN Proof - This term is used among the strongest spirits. To compute a liquor's proof you simply multiply the ABV by 2. The theoretic highest possible strength of any drink is therefore 200-proof. In reality though the maximum for distilled spirits is 191-proof because not all of the water can be distilled from ethanol. FORTIFIED WINES Sherry 17-22% Marsala Madeira 15-17% 15-18% TERR ARS Vermouth Port Bum 15-18% Wine Wine 16-20% Lalipao 15-20% 10 ABW - Alcohol by Weight - This is similar to ABV but instead of the volume consumed by the ethanol its mass is used instead. Beer brewers often used this measurement in states that require limits on strength of beer sold in food markets (for example 3.2 beer in Oklahoma). This is preferred over ABV in these cases because the ABW is roughly 80% of the ABV. Beer that is 4% alcohol by volume can be sold and still meet the 3.2 ABW limit. SPIRITS Vodka, Cask Light Strength Whiskey 60% Whiskey, Liqueurs ABSOU VODK S LIM BEA Rum 15-25% 40% LY BOY Clonparcds 105 RYE Neutral Grain Absolute Rectified Spirits 96% Absinthe Alcohol Spirits 95% 55-90% 98% DATER LAKD AGKAA GIN OTHER DRINKS Wine Breezers/ Coolers Fruit Juice Cider 4-8% Alcopops < 0.1% 3-7% 4-7% For more food and beverage facts and recipes, visit Gourmandia.ca, Gourmandia.fr, Gourmandia.com or Gourmetrecipe.com. JBSOLUT GOURMANDIA sources: http://www.alcoholcontents.com/ http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/alcohol-and-you/health/guide-to-alcohol-