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Offline pete b

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Re: Ten Drinks a Week
« Reply #60 on: September 22, 2015, 06:26:48 am »
A standard drink is 12 fluid ounces of 5% ABV or the equivalent (6 fluid ounces of 10% ABV, 1.5 fluid ounces of 40% ABV, etc.).

A 16 oz. pour of an 8% IPA is actually approximately 2.13 drinks. 

To calculate how many standard drinks are in a given serving of alcohol, I find it easiest to multiply the serving size in fluid ounces by the ABV (as a whole number, not a percentage) and divide by 60.
Since I am counting in order to get into better long term habits rather than counting calories I'm holding portion size loosely. While I'm not cheating by using huge glasses I'm not using exact serving sizes. For instance a bomber counts as two but a pint of draft counts as one.
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Re: Ten Drinks a Week
« Reply #61 on: September 22, 2015, 10:19:59 am »
If you can multiply fractions and do division by sixty in your head, you're probably not drinking too much.

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Re: Ten Drinks a Week
« Reply #62 on: September 22, 2015, 10:25:50 am »
Classic!
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Re: Ten Drinks a Week
« Reply #63 on: September 22, 2015, 11:59:55 am »
Can't remember who I heard this from but someone was talking to a brewer who, when it was explained the would be no more lunch beers allowed, said "I didn't get I to brewing to get sober."