I remember reading an article one day that pointed out that intoxication is related to consumption in excess of what your liver can process instantaneously, so

I remember reading an article one day that pointed out that intoxication is related to consumption in excess of what your liver can process instantaneously, so that a drinking session with a number of 5% beers may get you drunk but the same number of 4% beers will hardly register. The article is no longer available, but here’s a summary https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3209119/Why-5-beer-make-TWICE-drunk-4-version-Calculations-reveal-tiny-increase-strength-big-impact-intoxication.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3209119/Why-... and here’s a follow-up of sorts https://draftmag.com/how-many-beers-to-get-drunk/ https://draftmag.com/how-many-beers-to-get-drunk/