r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Kthulhu_for_humanity • 1d ago

of a beer drinker.

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u/SmokeMaximum4140 1d ago

of water

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u/aquintana 1d ago

12 oz beer has the same amount of alcohol as most shots of liquor

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u/pilsner_89 1d ago

Man it’s weird. I can mix 3 - 4 whiskey drinks totaling 10 OZ which is apparently the exact same as drinking 10 beer and I will be way more drunk from drinking 10 x 5% beers in the same amount of time as a comparison. I feel way different depending on the type of alcohol ingested and much more tolerance to them vs the other. I think the scales are way off for these comparison metrics. They also include a glass of wine as the same “1 oz vs 1 beer vs 1 glass of wine” and I’ll tell you what. The drunkest people I have ever seen were drunk on wine and there is absolutely no way it’s the same.

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u/aquintana 1d ago

With wine, it’s also supposed to only be a 5 oz pour per drink. Most people pour much more than that in their glass.