Alcohol: When it says 12.5% on a bottle, how much do you have to drink to get that 12.5%?

Question

I'm talking about a big bottle, not just a regular sized 5.2% bottle. How much would you have to drink to get the entire 12.5%?

Answer 1

In any quantity you pour, 12.5% of it is alcohol.

The AMOUNT of alcohol (as opposed to the percentage) in any given drink depends on the both the quantity and the percentage of alcohol. For example, one unit of alcohol is found in a 12 ounce can of beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, and a 1 1/2 ounce shot of 80 proof (40%) liquor.

If you want all of the alcohol in the bottle, (which is 12.5% of the bottle's contents), you have to drink the entire bottle. But this is not the same as your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) after consuming it. THAT is another calculation entirely, depending on how fast you drink, how much you weigh, how quickly your body metabolizes the alcohol, and how soon after you drink it they measure your BAC.

Answer 2

You need to go back to math class an lay off the booze. The 12.5% alcohol is the ratio of alcohol per volume. It does matter how much liquid there is or the size of the bottle. There is still 12.5% alcohol.

Answer 3

I get exactly the same effect from alcohol, but i can tell you 100%, it does still damage your liver,etc. Some of the other answerer's obviously cannot understand the condition because it doesn't happen to them & it seems beyond belief. I am almost 40 now & can say it is nothing to do with building up tolerence, it's always been that way for me. I even stopped drinking alcohol completely for 3 years & the first time i went back to the bar with my friends, i drank 8 pints of lager with the same effect as if i'd never stopped. I think THE ANSWER is this: alcohol is a poison, the more you drink, the more poisoned your body becomes & you feel drunk, some peoples bodies are much more tolerant to poison & therefore you don't get 'drunk'. My advise is, treat it as a bonus & don't abuse it, when you get to 40 you'll see the difference.

Answer 4

I think you are confusing blood alcohol content, which is a percentage of your body weight, with the alcohol content in the wine, which is based on the strength of the beverage. So if you are asking how much wine does it take to get 12.5% blood alcohol level, you will never know, because that amount would kill you. Rather, you should consider that anything more than two glasses of wine is going to make most people impaired. That is a good rule of thumb.

Answer 5

any amount would have 12.5% alcohol, which would mean it is 25 proof. Not very strong. Is this on wine or a shnapps maybe???

The concentration of alcohol compared to the volume of it does not differ... it's going to have 12.5% no matter how much you pour.

Answer 6

The entire bottle.

Percent usually means (for beer anyways) by volume. So, to get 12.5% you have to drink the entire bottle.

Answer 7

I don't think you understand. If you pour a small drop, 12.5% of that drop will be alchohol. If you pour the whole bottle, 12.5% of that bottle will be alchohol.

Answer 8

if you pour a peg, then 12.5% of that would be alcohol. so however large or small your bottle may be, there is 12.5% alcohol in it. so if your bottle is 1 litre, then u have 120ml of alcohol in the bottle

Answer 9

Each sip, drink, gulp of this beverage is 12.5% alcohol to water and other content. Beer and wine is labled in percentages, spirts (hard liquer) is labled in proof. Proof is twice the percentage of alcohol. 12.5% is 25 proof. If you apply that to, say 151 proof rum, it would be 75.5% alcohol. 100% of 200 proof is illegal in the US.
In most states the blood alcohol content of B.A.C is .08% to be drunk, and 12.5% is dead.

Answer 10

When it says 12.5% that means 12.5% of that container is alcohol. If you drink any part of it 12.5% of what you drink is alcohol.