I propose a measure I'll call Total Proof, T = (% content) x volume in oz Which is related to Proof Points (P) by the following: P = 2T Since T and P ar

I propose a measure I'll call Total Proof, T = (% content) x volume in oz Which is related to Proof Points (P) by the following: P = 2T Since T and P are proportional you can use Total Proof in the same way as Proof Points, just skip the multiplication by 2 and divide your target range in half. My favorite 9% IPAs clock in at 288 Proof Points or 144 Total Proof for a pint, which makes sense because I usually follow that with a light lager that gets me to around 200 Total Proof or 400 Proof Points. Dividing the ABV in half would result in a "normalized" scale that could tell you, for example, that you're exactly 72% drunk when you finish a pint of 9% because 9 x 0.5 x 16 is 72.