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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Rev. 2009 Jul;28(4):360–365. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00056.x

Table 1.

Bar Drink Study mean alcohol content for glass types shown in Figure 1

Glass type -Figure 1 Letter Mean ml. of alcohol 95% CI
Shot
     Standard shot glass - A 15.18 a (14.21, 16.14)
     Large shot - B 19.21 a (17.11, 21.31)
Mixed Drink
     Pint – (not shown) 29.47 b, c (24.94, 34.01)
     Tall thin glass – E 26.21 (21.44, 30.97)
     Short wide glass – D 22.24 b, d (19.64, 24.85)
     Tall wide glass – C 23.26 c (20.95, 25.57)
     Other spirits glass – F 27.18 d (24.31, 30.04)
Rum & Coke
     Tall thin glass – E 24.24 (19.93, 28.55)
     Tall wide glass – C 20.64 (17.66, 23.62)
     Short wide glass – D 19.92 (17.47, 22.38)
Gin & Tonic
     Tall thin glass – E 25.29 (19.50, 31.08)
     Tall wide glass – C 23.40 (19.22, 27.59)
     Short wide glass – D 22.60 (19.18, 26.02)
Margarita
     Pint - (not shown) 24.73 (18.84, 30.61)
     Tall thin glass – E 24.36 (17.93, 30.78)
     Tall wide glass – C 24.36 (20.61, 28.110)
     Short wide glass – D 25.64 (21.31, 29.97)
     Other spirits glass – F 26.52 (23.10, 29.95)
Martini
     Short wide glass – D 31.53 (24.75, 38.31)
     Other spirits glass – F 28.29 (24.88, 31.69)
Wine
     Medium slender glass – G 25.57 (24.01, 27.12)
     Narrow wine glass – H 24.75 (23.17, 26.33)
     Medium wine glass – I 25.56 (23.12, 27.99)
     Large wine glass - J 26.49 (25.10, 27.88)
     Other wine - (not shown) 25.11 (21.70, 28.53)
a, b, c, d

Significant difference between glass types within drink type at 95% confidence level