In order to help us understand levels of alcohol consumption, we use the term ‘units’ of alcohol.
A unit of alcohol equates to 10ml or 8g or pure alcohol, which is around the amount of alcohol the average adult can process in an hour.
You can access our Unit calculator at the end of this learning object via the resources section.
Half pint of regular beer, cider or lager.
Half a small glass of wine.
One single measure of spirits.
One small glass of sherry.
One single measure of aperitif
A pint of regular beer, cider or lager is 2 units
A pint of strong beer, cider or lager is 3 units
Alcho-pop or 275ml of bottle of regular lager contains 1.5 units
A 440ml can of regular lager or cider contains 2 units
A 440ml can of super strength lager contains 4 units
A large glass of wine contains 3 units
A 75cl bottle of wine contains 9 units