What is a Standard Drink?
When it comes to alcohol content, not all drinks are created equal. Keeping track of how much you are drinking can sometimes be tricky, especially if you don't normally measure your drinks, you enjoy mixed drinks, or you choose beverages that come in larger size containers.
People who drink, often overpour and many restaurants offer more than a standard drink size.
One standard drink of alcohol in Canada is:
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What is a standard drink?
What is a standard drink (transcript) |
Video descriptionThe video host walks through outdoor market holding a tray with three drinks on it.HostToday I’m in market square, challenging people to see if they know what is in a standard sized drink. Let’s see how they pour.Video description“What is a standard drink?” Text accompanied by a green icon representing a beer, a blue icon representing a glass of wine and a pink icon representing a mixed drink.Host stands in outdoor market, with a man and a woman. He points at objects off camera. HostIf you were to have a drink, would you be going with wine, or a beer, or a mixed drink?ManI’d go for a mixed drinkHostA mixed drink, ok how about you?WomanProbably a beerHostPour me what you think to be a standard beer.Video descriptionSeveral close up clips of liquid being poured from a clear plastic pitcher into a beer glass.Host is standing at a table with liquids in bottles and clear plastic pitchers, and drink glasses, beer glasses, and wine glasses. People pour the liquids from the bottles and pitchers into the glasses. Host talks to some of the people as they pour. A woman says, “that’s a German sized pour!” host laughs. Man in grey t-shirt pours liquid into a beer glass. HostWow, okay, ya, ambitious, Okay, I like that. Let’s see how that compares to a standard sized beer.Video descriptionClose up of a standard-size beer in glass, next to the glass poured by the man in grey t-shirt.HostSo you’re actually, you got a couple of extra ounces in there.Video descriptionWoman pours red liquid from bottle into wine glassSeveral close up clips of liquid being poured from bottle into wine glass HostI’m going to get you to pour one glass of red.WomanOh, look at that colour!Video descriptionHost compares woman’s glass to a standard sized glass of wineHostLet’s see how you stack up here. So this is a standard glass of wine which is five ounces.Video descriptionClose up of two full beer glasses on table, one beer glass has a label that reads “standard drink.” Transitions to close up of a tray on a table with two drinks containing clear liquid and ice. Next to the tray is a bottle with clear liquid in it. Cut to host standing next to the table with the man and woman.HostWe know that a standard beer is 12 ounces. A standard mixed drink would have 1.5 ounces of liquor.Several clips of people looking closely at two glasses on the tray, while host points at each one and asks “which one of these drinks has 1.5 ounces of liquor and which one has three ounces?” Clips of people answering as they look at the drinks. Man in black t-shirtOh it would be impossible to tell, you’d have to see them make itMan with dark hairYou can’tMan in grey t-shirtI don’t think I can tell, they are they exact sameVideo descriptionMan with glasses is shown on screen standing and listening. Man with blue checkered shirt asks “Why do you think it would be important to know what is a standard sized drink?” A man with a beard answers.Man with beardWell if they are consuming and know that they want to be drinking back just one beer or they want to have a couple of beers, in this event here, they’d be thinking “oh I had two beers,” but in fact they might have had almost four.Video descriptionCut to host standing in front of camera.HostPeople who drink often overpour, and sometimes when you go to the restaurant or bar, serving sizes are actually larger than you think.Words on screenStandard size your drink!One standard drink of alcohol in Canada is: 12 oz. 341 ml. 5% alcohol beer cider cooler 5 oz. 142 mL 12% alcohol wine 1.5 oz. 43 mL 40% alcohol liquor. |
How many standard drinks have you really had?
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