Pure Alcohol Measure
A related measure, the unit of alcohol, is used in the United Kingdom, where the number of such units contained in a typical serving of an alcoholic beverage is publicized and printed on bottles. For example, a typical drink of 1 pint of ale of 5% alcohol by volume contains 2.8 units of alcohol.
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