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9 Gallon is 34 Liters, 11 drinks per Liter of Vokda/Liquor 9*11 = 374 drinks per year or 1 drink a day Its probably that Average/mean drinking amount isn't a

by rkk3 5y ago

9 Gallon is 34 Liters, 11 drinks per Liter of Vokda/Liquor 9*11 = 374 drinks per year or 1 drink a day Its probably that Average/mean drinking amount isn't a good statistical representation when almost all the consumption is done by the top 10% of drinkers. Historical comparisons also are tricky because sizes and %'s aren't consistent to today. Beer/Cider weren't as strong and bottle's of wine were smaller than 750ml etc etc.

thebean11 5y ago
Where are you getting 11 drinks per liter of vodka? I'm getting twice that (1.5oz shots)
- beckingz 5y ago
  The joke being that "2 shots of vodka" is more like 4-5.
- rkk3 5y ago
  You're right, looks like I grabbed that too quickly. They were citing for standard drinks/pours.
ska 5y ago
Okrent had it calculated at equivalent to 7 US gallons of pure ethanol/yr (1830s) to normalize this. So approx 17.5 gallons at today's standard of 40%. Which is about 2250 standard (1.5oz) drinks a year, or average of 6/day. There are higher and lower estimates too, but anyway you work the calculations, it's a lot.