Standard Drink Sizes

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A red Solo cup with measurement marks labeled for different drinks. Text at the top says, "Did You Know: The Lines on a Solo Cup are Measurement Marks". The lines indicate 12 ounces for beer, 5 ounces for wine, and 1 ounce for liquor.

3 full keg cups of beer is about 4 standard drinks

6 full keg cups of beer is about 8 standard drinks

9 full keg cups of beer is about 12 standard drinks

Keg cup filled with wine is about 4 standard drinks

Keg cup filled with one mixed drink can be more than one or two standard drinks depending on how many shots are put into it

A standard 750 mL bottle of wine has 5 standard drinks

A fifth of 80-proof “hard liquor” has approximately 17 standard drinks