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The UK government recommends that you drink no more than 14 units of alcohol a week. But what does that actually mean?

Do You Actually Know How Much Alcohol You're Drinking?

Ten millilitres of sweet, sweet ethanol.

What actually _is_ one unit?

According to the [DrinkAware units calculator](http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/understand-your-drinking/unit-calculator).

So you could drink seven a week without going over the limit.

How many units in one pint of ordinary 4% lager, such as Foster's?

Six 175ml glasses adds up to roughly your 14 unit limit.

How many units in 175ml glass of ordinary 13% red wine?

Sixteen 25ml shots of Jäger (35%) adds up to 14.4 units, while two bottles of the Wolf Blass (13.5%) are 20.2 and the Stellas are 24.3.

Which of these is closest to 14 units of alcohol?

Made to the International Bartenders Association recipe, that is.

That's 45ml of whiskey or bourbon.

How many units are in an Old Fashioned?

A piddling four shots of rum in that one.

How many units are in a mojito?

That's 15ml gin, 15ml vodka, 15ml tequila and 15ml cointreau.

How many units are in one Long Island Ice Tea?

According to government guidelines, at least.

It's a solid 39.6 units.

How many days should it take you to drink a six-litre keg of Leffe Blonde (6.6%) if you’re drinking on your own?

It's 700ml and 40%, so 28 units.

How many units are in a 700ml bottle of Glenfiddich 12-year-old single malt whisky?

They're 1.1 units each, so 12 = 13.2 units.

How many bottles of WKD Blue can you drink in a week without going over the recommended limit?

To help you out, he has six and a half Vesper martinis, half a bottle of champagne (and another glass), and a bottle of beer.

Twenty-six – the most of any Bond film. The least is _Licence to Kill_, at just four units.

How many units does James Bond drink in _Casino Royale_?

You don't put ice in the scotch, of course, because you're not a monster.

You would _squeak_ in at precisely 2.0 units.

After a rough day, you have a double whisky (50ml) in front of Gogglebox. Are you over the limit?

You stay in on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, have a large glass of 12% wine on Thursday, go out for a quick drink after work – three pints of Stella – on Friday. You stay in on Saturday and watch _Take Me Out_ but you go for a pub lunch on Sunday and have two pints of Guinness. What do you reckon?

Just over – 15.8 units. That's 8.1 for the Stellas, 4.6 for the Guinnesses and 3.1 for the wine.

You have a quiet week. Are you over or under the limit?

Hm. Not great. Is it perhaps that you're drunk?

Well done! You are knowledgeable booze. That may or may not be a good thing.

You are freakishly good at this and are probably judging everyone else's drinking habits.

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