How Much Liquor Is Too Much in Virginia, Maryland or Massachusetts?
It doesn’t matter if it’s beer, wine or hard spirits, alcohol is dangerous when consumed in excess. While beer and wine almost always list their alcoholic content in percentages, hard liquor is usually listed in “proof.” The proof rating is two times the alcohol concentration – no matter what type of liquor you’re talking about. So that 86 proof whiskey is 43 percent pure alcohol. Most hard liquors have a higher alcohol concentration than most wines, and most wines have a higher alcohol concentration than most beers, meaning it usually takes fewer drinks containing hard liquor or fewer glasses of wine than beer to become intoxicated. However, the alcohol concentration isn’t everything. A number of factors come into play in determining how fast a person will “feel the effects.” Drinking on an empty stomach allows the alcohol to more quickly pass right into the bloodstream. Carbonated drinks also speed up the absorption rate. Your body size and weight, gender and even ethnicity all play
It doesn’t matter if it’s beer, wine or hard spirits, alcohol is dangerous when consumed in excess. While beer and wine almost always list their alcoholic content in percentages, hard liquor is usually listed in “proof.” The proof rating is two times the alcohol concentration – no matter what type of liquor you’re talking about. So that 86 proof whiskey is 43 percent pure alcohol. Most hard liquors have a higher alcohol concentration than most wines, and most wines have a higher alcohol concentration than most beers, meaning it usually takes fewer drinks containing hard liquor or fewer glasses of wine than beer to become intoxicated. However, the alcohol concentration isn’t everything. A number of factors come into play in determining how fast a person will “feel the effects.” Drinking on an empty stomach allows the alcohol to more quickly pass right into the bloodstream. Carbonated drinks also speed up the absorption rate. Your body size and weight, gender and even ethnicity all play
