How can the same amount of beer and hard liquor have such different alcohol %. What exactly is different?
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I suspect you’re talking about the lesson many of us learn in school (or driver’s ed), where the actual amount of alcohol in one beer, one glass of wine or one hard liquor drink is about the same.
If that’s the case, the answer is serving size.
Beer has less alcohol by volume, but “one beer” is 12 or 16 ounces of liquid.
Wine has more alcohol than beer and less than liquor, but a glass of wine is less liquid than a serving of beer and more than a typical serving of liquor.
Liquors like vodka or whiskey have a lot more alcohol by volume, but are served in much smaller portions.
It’s also worth noting that different types of beer or wine or liquor have very different alcohol levels. That comparison is mostly intended to give people an idea how much time it takes to metabolize drinks and be able to drive safely.
(If that’s not what inspired the question, sorry for wasting your time.)
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