• Alcohol and You
    Awake!—1986 | March 8

    • Amount of alcohol consumed: How much alcohol do you consume with a typical drink? Does a can of beer contain less alcohol than a shot of whiskey? Surprising as it may seem, the typical serving of beer, table wine, and 80-proof whiskey all contain about the same amount of alcohol​—a little more than a half ounce (15 cc).b

  • Alcohol and You
    Awake!—1986 | March 8

    • b By the typical serving, we refer to 12 ounces (355 cc) of beer, containing 4 to 5 percent alcohol; five ounces (148 cc) of table wine, containing 12 percent alcohol; and one and a half ounces (44 cc) of 80-proof whiskey, containing 40 percent alcohol.