Citation

Ward RJ, Macpherson AJ, Peek GJ, Bailey ME, Peters TJ. Alcohol Alcohol. 1991; 26(4): 399-402.

Affiliation

Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King's College Hospital Medical School, London, U.K.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1760050

Abstract

The peak blood alcohol levels attained in male and female subjects after consumption of 3 pints of regular lager (4.2%) over a 30 min period was 73.5 +/- 6.9 mg% in males and 113 +/- 17 mg% in females. Peak values occurred at 60 and 90 min post-ingestion in males and females, respectively. Consumption of 3 pints of low-alcohol lager gave a maximum blood alcohol level of 13 mg% while there was no measurable blood alcohol content after three pints of non-alcohol lager. 'Topping-up' with a non-alcohol lager after 2 pints of regular lager leads to significantly lower blood alcohol levels when compared with 'topping-up' with low-alcohol lager over a comparable time in males but not in females.

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