The drinks industry, health professionals and the Scottish Government all joined forces for a week-long initiative in October 2007 to foster a culture of sensible drinking within Scotland.

Beer + Beer = 4 units?

Does your drinking add up?
Use the links below to find out how many units of alcohol are in your drink.

Know your units

The table below gives you the units in the most popular alcoholic drinks. These are the average – the strength of drinks vary by brand. Also, check the brand label, it may already give the alcohol unit content.

Also, you can work out how many units are in your drink using this simple calculation. (The calculator on your mobile phone will be handy for this.)

Alcohol (%) x Volume (ml) ÷ 1000 = Number of units
Example for a 25ml measure of vodka:
37.5 (%) x 25 (ml) ÷ 1000 = 0.9 Unit

25ml of gin/rum/vodka
(alc 37.5% vol)		 0.9 unit
330ml bottle of premium strength lager/beer
(alc 5% vol)		 1.7 units
568ml (1 pint) of premium strength lager/beer
(alc 5% vol)		 2.8 units
568ml (1 pint) of standard strength lager/beer
(alc 4% vol)		 2.3 units
568ml (1 pint) of medium strength cider
(alc 5% vol)		 2.8 units
700ml bottle of whisky
(alc 40% vol)		 28 units
275ml bottle alcopop
(alc 5% vol)		 1.4 units
175ml glass of standard wine
(alc 12% vol)		 2.1 units
750ml bottle of standard wine
(alc 12% vol)		 9 units