How Much is One Serving of Alcohol? – as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. One serving of alcohol. Good question. It can vary. It is not all the same. So if you sit down at the dinner table and you have a glass a wine, what is that? How many ounces are we talking about is a serving? That tends to the be the thing that most people that I see, they are either having wine or beer, that is the key question that I get, that is the daily or the every other day kind of an alcohol indulgence. Really what you are looking at, and you are looking at for wine, is 4 ounces. So 4 ounce glass of wine is roughly the size of one of those bottles of spices in your spice drawer. It is actually pretty small when you pour it into your glass. Depending on the size of your glass. If it is one of those big goblet glasses it almost looks like it is a splash. I usually recommend that people get the really expensive libby glasses that are small but fit in the dishwasher because it makes it look like you are getting a bigger glass of wine. It is more fun that way. When you are looking at beer, now here is where things get a little tricky because after all this huge explosion over the micro brews you have things that have far larger alcohol contents. You have beers that you can imagine the difference between for instance,a light beer and a stout, for example. There is a big difference in caloric intake. There is a big difference in alcohol levels. So really it changes. When you are looking at a light beer you are looking at something that is roughly about 16 ounces, it is going to be too much. Most of your bottles are actually going to be – this is a 16 ounce bottle – most of the bottles of beer are going to be about 12 ounces for that light. When you are looking at at the Guinnes or something in the stout range, it is actually a 10 ounce size. That is your serving size. So when you go to the pub and you get a 16 ounce pint, you are getting way more, that is this whole thing fill, way more than a single serving, so keep that in mind. You can also, by the way, ask for a glass instead of a pint when you go to the pub and you will do a lot better because then you are actually getting I think that 16 ounce size. When you are looking at hard alcohol, this is where it get a little bit tricky too because different sorts of alcohol have different sugar contents. You are looking at the difference between like a grain alcohol or a potato alcohol like vodka, which is roughly between 80 and 100 proof. Then you are looking at something like a liqueur which has added sweetness too it, they have added extra sugars at the ends, like maybe a Kuluha or something like that, a dessert appertife. That is going to be a smaller size. Just think of about an average of about an ounce. If you have got a tincture bottle in your cupboard at home, that is an ounce. It is a very small amount. A shot changes. It depends on the bar you are at; depends on the shot glass you have it home. Measure it out so that you can actually see what an ounce is. It is pretty small. So most of the time when you go to a bar and getting a drink you are actually getting a double shot. You are usually getting about 2 ounces worth. That is something to really keep in mind. Different people are affected by alcohol at different levels. So you are going to need to look at how it affects your biochemistry. Know that the grain alcohol, the one that is straight alcohol, is going to go straight to your blood stream a lot faster than if you are having that 10 ounces of Guiness. So keep that in mind as you go into your holidays or birthday celebrations. Have fun. Be sensible.
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