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41DRINK EQUIVALENCY
1. What is a standard
Drink equivalency is important for you to understand in order to
serving of alcohol?
serve alcohol responsibly. As a server, you want to count standard
servings of alcohol, not drinks, because a drink can contain more
than one standard serving of alcohol.
Beer:
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Wine:
Alcoholism (NIAAA), “in the United States, a ‘standard’ drink
is any drink that contains about 0.6-fluid ounces or 14-grams
Liquor:
of ‘pure’ alcohol.” Standard drink equivalents are: 12-ounces
of beer, 5-ounces of wine, and 1.5-ounces of 80 proof liquor, or
1-ounce of 100 proof.
KEY FACT:
For purposes of bar spending/free drinks, Board
Regulations provide that a standard-sized alcoholic
beverage is twelve (12) fluid ounces of malt or brewed
beverage, four (4) fluid ounces of wine (including
fortified wine), or one and one-half (1½) fluid ounces
of spirits. [40 Pa. Code § 13.201]
“A drink is a drink
is a drink”
Did You Know?
HOW ALCOHOL IS ELIMINATED
Alcohol also:
After the alcohol has been absorbed and passes through the body,
it must be eliminated. The liver is responsible for the elimination—
Irritates the linings of the stomach
through metabolism—of 95% of ingested alcohol from the body.
and intestine. This can lead to
The remainder of the alcohol is eliminated through excretion of
vomiting.
alcohol in breath and urine.
Increases blood flow to the stomach
and
intestines.
This
increases
Healthy people metabolize alcohol at a fairly consistent rate.
secretions by these organs, most
As a rule of thumb, a person will eliminate one average drink or
notably stomach acid secretion.
.5-oz (15 ml) of alcohol per hour. Several factors influence this rate.
The rate of elimination tends to be higher when the blood alcohol
Increases blood flow to the skin.
concentration in the body is very high or very low. Also chronic
This causes a person to sweat and
alcoholics may (depending on liver health) metabolize alcohol at a
look flushed. Sweating causes body
significantly higher rate than average. Finally, the body’s ability to
heat to be lost, and the person’s body
metabolize alcohol quickly tends to diminish with age.
temperature may actually fall below
normal.
KEY FACT:
Reduces blood flow to muscles and
There is nothing you can do to speed up the rate of
the brain. This can lead to muscle
metabolism. The more you drink, the longer it will take
aches and headaches, most notably
to eliminate the alcohol from one’s system.
when a person recovers from the
alcohol (the “hangover”).
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