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Monday, November 09, 2009

How many ounces in liquor bottles

It's that time of year when folks are making recipes. So you need to know how many ounces are in the different size liquor bottles. That's why we keep this handy dandy chart of sizes at the store. Amarula Cream

I've put the old traditional bottle names like pint, fifth, and half gallon in quotes because they are no longer accurate measurements. We may still call them that, but things have changed!
  • standard shot = 1.5 oz
  • 50 ml "mini" bottle = 1.7 oz
  • 200 ml "half pint" bottle = 6.8 oz
  • 375 ml "pint" bottle = 12.7 oz
  • 750 ml "fifth" or standard wine bottle = 25.4 oz
  • 1 liter "quart" bottle = 33.8 oz 
  • 1.5 liter wine "magnum" bottle = 50.8 oz
  • 1.75 liter "half gallon" or "handle" bottle = 59.2 oz
  • 3 liter wine bottle or box = 101.6 oz
  • 5 liter wine box = 169 oz
  • 1 cup = 8 oz

And for bonus points, ever wonder why they called it a "fifth" bottle? It was a fifth of a gallon. 

2 comments:

MissDazey said...

Hi Becky,
Just popping in to say hi and wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

MissDazey

Becky McCray said...

Thank you, Miss Dazey! The same to you and yours. :)
Becky

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