Standard drinks hold the same alcohol
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Which has the most alcohol: a 12-ounce beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine or 1 1/2 ounces of liquor?
The rule
A 12-ounce beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine, 1 1/2 ounces of liquor and a 12-ounce wine cooler each hold about the same amount of alcohol, so no one of them is safer to drink.
A 12-ounce beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine, a 12-ounce wine cooler and 1 1/2 ounces of liquor each hold about the same alcohol. None is safer to drink.
From the New York State Driver's Manual, page 55. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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