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Standard drinks

This section provides information on what a standard drink is, why you need to know about standard drinks and how to work out how many you are drinking. Use interactive tools to find out how many are in different drinks and if you can pour a standard drink.

  • What's a standard drink?

    The standard drinks measure is a simple way for you to work out how much alcohol you are drinking. It measures the amount of pure alcohol in a drink. One standard drink equals 10 grams of pure alcohol. Find out more.

  • A guide to standard drinks

    Use this interactive tool to find out how many standard drinks are in typical containers of different types of drinks. You might be surprised how many there are. 

  • Can you pour a standard drink?

    Use this interactive tool to see if you can pour a standard drink in different drinking vessels. It might be harder than you think to get it right. 

  • Using the standard drink icon

    How to access the standard drinks icon for a label or for marketing or communications. 

 
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