How many beers hide inside a few shots? Set how many you're having, fine-tune each drink's size and ABV, and watch one pour translate into another.
Most drinks are built around the same unit: the standard drink — about 0.6 fl oz (14 g) of pure alcohol. A shot, a beer and a glass of wine each land near that mark, which is why one so often equals another. Think of this as a visual standard drink calculator — here are the questions people ask most.
A standard U.S. shot is 1.5 fluid ounces, or about 44 ml. Bars vary — a single pour can run from 1 to 1.5 oz and a double is around 3 oz — but 1.5 oz of 40% ABV spirits is the amount that counts as one standard drink.
About one. A 1.5 oz shot of 40% spirits and a 12 oz beer at 5% each hold roughly 0.6 fl oz of pure alcohol — one standard drink apiece. A shot is much stronger per ounce (40% vs 5%), but a beer is far larger, so the totals roughly even out. Stronger craft beers tip the balance, so it can take less than one beer to match a shot.
In the United States, one standard drink is 0.6 fl oz (14 grams) of pure alcohol — the amount in a 12 oz beer at 5%, a 5 oz glass of wine at 12%, or a 1.5 oz shot of spirits at 40%. This standard drink calculator converts any pour into that common unit.
A standard 750 ml bottle holds about five 5 oz glasses — roughly five standard drinks at 12% ABV.
About 17 standard 1.5 oz shots, since 750 ml divided by 44 ml is roughly 17. At 40% ABV, that works out to about 17 standard drinks in a typical bottle of spirits.
Around five. A 750 ml bottle of 12% wine carries about the same total alcohol as five 5 oz glasses, five standard drinks, or roughly five 12 oz beers at 5%.
Calories shown count alcohol only, at about 7 kcal per gram of pure alcohol; mixers and sugar add more on top. The time to metabolize uses the common rule of thumb that the body clears roughly one standard drink per hour. Both are rough estimates, not medical advice.