Tag: Abv

It's a common misconception that certain types of alcoholic beverages make you “more drunk” or produce different kinds of intoxication, but the reality is that the intoxicating effect comes from a single molecule: ethanol. The intensity and speed of intoxication are determined by the *amount* of ethanol consumed and how quickly it's absorbed by the body, not the drink's type.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a single standard alcoholic drink in the United States contains 0.6 fluid ounces of pure alcohol. This is the key metric for understanding the pharmacological comparison and answering the question, 'how many beers are 2 shots of vodka?'

A standard drink of 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, and 1.5 ounces of spirits all contain roughly the same amount of pure alcohol, but when asking **which alcohol is more potent?**, the answer lies in its concentration, measured as alcohol by volume (ABV).