20-Jun-2007, 11:01 PM
How large is a "large" glass? What is a "unit" of alcohol?
It's long past due that these Government nitwits (on both sides of the Atlantic) actually identified the intake of alcohol in ounces or millilitres of pure aclohol. At 12.5 percent (typical of wine) a glass containing 188 ml would give you 23.5 ml alcohol and divvy up a bottle in to four servings. However, there are 175 ml glasses (four glasses per bottle with 50 ml for retained sediment) and 125 ml glasses (6 servings per bottle). So, how much alcohol is in "one glass of wine"?
Similar confusion exists with beer. In the US and the UK, the limits are defined in terms of "one beer". In the US, that's a 12 fluid ounce can of beer with a 3.5 percent alcohol content. To a UK beer drinker, "one beer" is a 20-ounce pint of beer with maybe a 6 percent alcohol level, so there's almost a 3:1 difference in alcohol consumed in "one beer".
Does anyone know what a "unit" is?
Frank
It's long past due that these Government nitwits (on both sides of the Atlantic) actually identified the intake of alcohol in ounces or millilitres of pure aclohol. At 12.5 percent (typical of wine) a glass containing 188 ml would give you 23.5 ml alcohol and divvy up a bottle in to four servings. However, there are 175 ml glasses (four glasses per bottle with 50 ml for retained sediment) and 125 ml glasses (6 servings per bottle). So, how much alcohol is in "one glass of wine"?
Similar confusion exists with beer. In the US and the UK, the limits are defined in terms of "one beer". In the US, that's a 12 fluid ounce can of beer with a 3.5 percent alcohol content. To a UK beer drinker, "one beer" is a 20-ounce pint of beer with maybe a 6 percent alcohol level, so there's almost a 3:1 difference in alcohol consumed in "one beer".
Does anyone know what a "unit" is?
Frank
Frank Damp (wife Eileen, nee Nixon)
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.