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Drink Database
A reference table of common drinks — how much alcohol is actually in each one. Used as the source data behind the Drink Calculator. Standard drinks below use the US standard: 14g of pure alcohol per drink, or roughly (oz × ABV%) / 60. One UK unit = 8g, so multiply by ~1.75 to convert.
Standard pours
What “one drink” means in textbook terms. The numbers below all equal roughly 1.0 US standard drink (14g pure alcohol).
| Drink | Volume | ABV | Std drinks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 oz beer @ 5% | 12 oz / 355 ml | 5.0% | 1.00 |
| Glass of wine (standard pour) | 5 oz / 148 ml | 12.0% | 1.00 |
| Standard shot of 80-proof liquor | 1.5 oz / 44 ml | 40.0% | 1.00 |
| White Claw / Truly hard seltzer | 12 oz / 355 ml | 5.0% | 1.00 |
Mixed drinks
Spirit-forward drinks. Built on 1.5–2 oz of liquor plus a mixer that adds volume but no alcohol.
| Drink | Volume | ABV | Std drinks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gin & tonic | 8 oz / 1.5 oz gin | 7.5% | 1.00 |
| Rum & Coke | 8 oz / 1.5 oz rum | 7.5% | 1.00 |
| Vodka soda | 8 oz / 1.5 oz vodka | 7.5% | 1.00 |
| Whiskey ginger | 8 oz / 1.5 oz whiskey | 8.4% | 1.13 |
| Tequila soda / Paloma | 8 oz / 1.5 oz tequila | 7.5% | 1.00 |
| Old Fashioned | 3 oz / 2 oz bourbon | 30.0% | 1.50 |
| Manhattan | 3 oz / 2 oz whiskey | 30.0% | 1.50 |
| Martini | 3 oz / 2.5 oz gin | 35.0% | 1.75 |
| Negroni | 3 oz / 1 oz gin | 24.0% | 1.20 |
| Cosmopolitan | 4 oz / 1.5 oz vodka | 15.0% | 1.00 |
| Long Island Iced Tea | 8 oz / 4 oz mixed spirits | 22.0% | 2.93 |
| Aperol spritz | 6 oz / 3 oz prosecco + 2 oz Aperol | 11.0% | 1.10 |
Cocktails (chain-restaurant sizes)
The “size of your head” drinks. Frozen, blended, fishbowl, or just generously poured. These hit much harder than the standard mixed drink.
| Drink | Volume | ABV | Std drinks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margarita (chain restaurant frozen) | 16 oz | 12.0% | 3.20 |
| Piña colada (chain restaurant) | 16 oz | 10.0% | 2.67 |
| Mai Tai (chain) | 14 oz | 14.0% | 3.27 |
| Daiquiri (frozen, chain) | 14 oz | 10.0% | 2.33 |
| Mojito (chain) | 12 oz | 10.0% | 2.00 |
| Hurricane | 16 oz | 14.0% | 3.73 |
| Bloody Mary | 10 oz / 1.5 oz vodka | 6.0% | 1.00 |
| Espresso martini | 4 oz / 2 oz vodka | 22.0% | 1.47 |
| Fishbowl / scorpion bowl (shared) | 36 oz | 12.0% | 7.20 |
| Tiki / Zombie (single) | 14 oz | 16.0% | 3.73 |
Brand reference
900 brands with measured ABV and average price per ounce of alcohol. Search by name, filter by type. Source: aggregated market-survey data, normalized.
| Brand | Type | ABV | $/oz alc |
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Back to the Drink Calculator. To edit this dataset, replace the file at /Drink Database Draft.txt in the workspace and I’ll re-import.