UK Units?

[mcmbenjamin]

What does the term 'UK Units' on the side of beer bought in the UK and served on VS flights mean?

[preiffer]

Try here, Ben

What's a unit?

A UK unit is 10ml or 8 grams of pure alcohol. The number of units in a drink depends on what you're drinking - how strong it is and how much there is. You may have seen examples of drinks that contain one unit, but these examples are often out of date, for instance....

[mcmbenjamin]

Alcopop - Gotta love it.

Thanks Paul.

And don't forget the guidelines are about 800 units per week for men and 600 for women so that leaves plenty of room for festive cheer [}:)]

No, no, no! Emphasising its pro-binge drinking stance, the Government has announced a 100 unit/person Christmas bonus which will be tax free [y] So the allowances are much higher than you say.

And don't forget the guidelines are about 800 units per week for men and 600 for women so that leaves plenty of room for festive cheer

800 per week I thought a pint was 2 units,small glass of wine 1 unit,400 pints[:0],thats about what I drank on saturday I still have a hang over today[:$]:D

[Decker]

Naturally this all ignores the fact that a lot of wines are no longer 12% by vol and a lot of beers aren't 4%.

Originally posted by Decker
Naturally this all ignores the fact that a lot of wines are no longer 12% by vol and a lot of beers aren't 4%.

But thankfully they're free of trans fats so surely we can replace food with wine?

[mcmbenjamin]

Originally posted by slinky09

Originally posted by Decker
Naturally this all ignores the fact that a lot of wines are no longer 12% by vol and a lot of beers aren't 4%.

But thankfully they're free of trans fats so surely we can replace food with wine?

Exactly

In fact, seeing as wine is made from grapes each glass presumably counts as one of your "5 a day" of fruit and vegetables [y].

Originally posted by sailor99
In fact, seeing as wine is made from grapes each glass presumably counts as one of your "5 a day" of fruit and vegetables [y].

In which case we'll all live to be a hundred!!!!