Consumption of alcohol may be described in terms of a percentage of a bottle of alcoholic beverage.
Types of bottled alcoholic beverages:
(1) spirits (hard liquor)
(2) wine
(3) champagne
(4) Bordeaux
(5) port
1 gallon = 3.785 liters = 3,785 mL
1 quart = 946 mL = 1 quarter of a gallon
1 fifth = 757 mL = one fifth of a gallon
1 oz US = 29.57 mL
1 jigger = 1 shot = 1.5 fl oz 80 proof liquor = 44.35 mL; 17 jiggers = 1 fifth (750 mL)
Spirits
|
Official US Name |
Old Name |
Bottle Capacity |
|
miniature |
miniature |
50 mL |
|
small |
half pint |
200 mL |
|
medium |
pint |
500 mL |
|
regular |
fifth |
750 mL |
|
large |
quart |
1,000 mL (946) |
|
extra large |
half gallon |
1,750 mL (1,892) |
Wine
|
Official US Name |
Old Name |
Bottle Capacity |
|
miniature |
miniature |
100 mL |
|
small |
split |
187 mL |
|
medium |
tenth |
375 mL |
|
regular |
fifth |
750 mL |
|
large |
quart |
1,000 mL |
|
magnum |
magnum |
1,500 mL |
|
extra large |
jeroboam |
3,000 mL |
Champagne
|
Old Name |
Number of Bottles |
Volume |
|
split, quarter bottle |
0.25 |
6.3 fl oz |
|
pint |
0.5 |
12.7 fl oz |
|
quart |
1.0 |
800 mL, 25.4 fl oz |
|
magnum |
2 |
50.8 fl oz |
|
jeroboam |
4 |
101.6 fl oz |
|
rehoboam |
6 |
147 fl oz |
|
Methuselah |
8 |
196 fl oz |
|
salmanzar |
10 or 12 |
304.8 fl oz |
|
Balthazar |
16 |
406.4 fl oz |
|
nebucandnezzar |
20 |
508 fl oz |
Bordeaux
|
Old Name |
Number of Bottles |
|
fillette |
0.5 |
|
magnum |
2 |
|
Marie-Jeanne |
3 |
|
double magnum |
4 |
|
jeroboam |
6 |
|
imperial |
8 (approximately) |
Port
|
Old Name |
Number of Bottles |
|
quart |
1 (fifth) |
|
magnum |
2 |
|
tappet hen |
3 |
|
jeroboam |
4 |
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