Guideline 74 Annex 1

The management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence in primary care Annex 1

Alcohol content of some beverages

Beverage type		Alcohol by volume (%)	Measure	Alcohol content (units)
Beers/lagers	Barbican Kaliber Tennents LA Mild/light beers (various brands) Best bitter (various brands) Skol McEwans/Labatt Guinness draft stout Grolsch Premium beer/lager (various brands) Stella Artois Lowenbrau Pils Hofmeister Special Kestral Super	0.02 0.05 1.2 3.1 3.5 3.6 4.0 4.1 5.0 5.0 5.2 6.0 9.0 9.5	440ml Pint 440ml Pint Pint Pint Pint Pint 440ml Pint 330ml 440ml 440ml 440ml	<0.01 0.03 0.5 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.8 1.7 2.6 4.0 4.2
Ciders/Perries	Strongbow LA Woodpecker Strongbow Old English Strongbow Super Diamond White Strong White Cider	0.9 3.5 4.5 5.5 8.0 8.2 8.4	330ml Pint 1000ml Pint Pint 275ml 1000ml	0.3 2.0 4.5 3.1 4.5 2.3 8.4
Spirit based drinks with mixers (alcopops)	Hooch WKD Original Vodka Blue or Iron Brew Smirnoff Ice Bacardi Breezer Metz Snapps (Black, Still or Original) Vodka Red Square (Barrs Irn Bru) Aftershock	4.7 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 40.0	330ml 330ml 275ml 275ml 275ml 275ml 700ml	1.6 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 28.0
Vodka Hooch	Lemon/Apple/Orange/Hoopers Hooch	4.7-5.1	330ml	1.6-1.7
Shooters (addition to main drink)	Jelly Pots Sidekick Aftershock Frostbite Absinthe	15.0 20.0 40.0 50.0 75.0	47ml 30ml 30ml 30ml 30ml	0.7 0.6 1.2 1.5 2.3
Wines	Various brands	9-14	750ml	6.8-10.5
A purchased glass of wine can vary from 125 to 250 ml and can contain 1.1-3.5 units per glass depending on % alcohol. A small (125ml) glass of average strength (12%) wine contains 1.5 units.
Fortified Wines and other	Cinzano bianco/Buckfast Croft Original Sherry Cockburn’s Port	14.7 17.5 20.0	750ml 750ml 750ml	11.0 13.1 15.0
Spirits	Gordons Dry Gin/Smirnoff Vodka Bacardi White Rum Bells Whisky/Martell cognac brandy Captain Morgan’s dark rum	37.5 37.5 40.0 40.0	700ml 700ml 700ml 700ml	26.3 26.3 28.0 28.0
A purchased measure of spirit is 25 or 35 ml. A 25ml measure of 40% spirit contains 1 unit of alcohol.
Liqueurs	Bailey’s Irish Cream Archers Peach Schnapps Apricot Brandy/Crème de Menthe/Malibu Pernod/Cointreau/Drambuie	17.0 23.0 24.0 40.0	350ml 700ml 700ml 700ml	6.0 16.0 16.8 28.0