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Find out what a unit of alcohol is and how it's calculated, or use a unit calculator.
The Alcohol Unit Calculator allows you to calculate the number of units in any alcoholic drink in any size drinking vessel. Simply enter the alcohol percentage of the drink and the vessel volume in millilitres (ml). A selection of common measures is shown for ease of use.
One unit equals 10ml or 8g of pure alcohol. You can work out how much alcohol is in your drink - based on its strength and size - by using the following equation: strength (alcohol by volume or ABV) x the volume of the drink (in millilitres) ÷ 1,000 = the total number of units in your drink.
24 cze 2024 · You can work out the number of alcohol units in your drink using the following formula (which works for any drink): [strength (ABV) × drink volume (ml)] / 1000 (ABV – alcohol by volume — is a measure of pure alcohol as a percentage of the total volume of liquid in the drink.)
A single 25ml measure is about one unit of alcohol – which makes a double measure about two units. You can determine the units in a spirit by using the following formula: ABV x ml ÷ 1000 = units
One unit is 10ml (millilitres) or 8g (grams) of pure alcohol. Because alcoholic drinks come in different strengths and sizes, units are a way to tell how strong your drink is, which can also help you to make comparisons. As an example, a pint of average strength beer (4% ‘alcohol by volume’, or ABV – see below for explanation) has about ...
Units help us to calculate the quantity of pure alcohol in our drinks using its strength and size. One unit equals 10ml or 8g of pure alcohol. You can work out how much alcohol is in your drink - based on its strength and size - by using the following equation: strength (alcohol by volume or ABV) x the volume of the drink