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Old 4th Apr 2007, 21:01
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chrisN
 
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What is a unit of alcohol?

4.4.07 Lord S wrote [snip] “ . . . a small glass of wine is 2 units, . . ”.

I thought this sounded too much, checked on a web site, and found the following – dunno if it is right or not but it is more like what I thought I had read befofe:

http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/Alcohol...cts/units.html

What's a unit?

A UK unit is 10ml or 8 grams of pure alcohol. The number of units in a drink depends on what you're drinking - how strong it is and how much there is. You may have seen examples of drinks that contain one unit, but these examples are often out of date, for instance:


Half a pint of 3.5% beer/lager/cider is one unit

BUT many continental lagers are closer to 5% while extra strong lagers can be as strong as 9%!


One small (125 ml) glass of wine at 9% is one unit

BUT who uses small glasses? Certainly not pubs and probably not at home either. Plus most wines are now about 11-13%.”

Just for info. Chris N.
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