How strong should my drinks be?....?

Question

I'm drinking jim beam and cola cans, but nearly ran out (its nearly 8pm here in aus!), and will have to move onto the bottle next!, (gee, what a shame!), but, the cans are 440ml, at 5% alcohol, and the bottle is 700ml @37%alcohol, so, my question is this!, how much bottled beam do i mix with how much coke, to get the same ratio as the cans?.. and ergo, how much coke would i need to mix the whole bottle at that %age?... thanks in advance, might not be capable of typing them later!...

and, what %age do pubs make their mixes,

edited - a2.. i appreciate your effort, but you've misunderstood me, the bottle is pure beam, not mixed, but rated at 37%alcohol content...

Answer 1

about 1/4 beam with 3/4 coke

Answer 2

For the whole bottle:

(0.37*700 + 0.05*440x) = 0.05*(700 + 440x)

I'm afraid this hasn't a solution =( The percentage has got to go up, as we're adding two mixes with alcohol already in them. Unless you want to add water to dilute the mix...

How bout we shoot for 6% ?

(0.37*700 + 0.05*440x) = 0.06*(700 + 440x)
solution: x = about 49.3 cans of soda
or about 14 mL jb per can

7%: 23.9 cans of soda or 29 mL jb per can
8%: 15.4 cans or 29 mL per can
9%: 11.1 cans or 63 mL per can

Answer 3

most bar tenders pour coke and liquer at the same time, equal amounts. depends on the size of the glass though. sounds like at this point it really does not matter how you mix

Answer 4

My key rule in any mixed drink that only has 2 ingredients is to keep it to a 2 shot minimum and you can make them stronger as you get more plastered.