Does % alcohol by volume means everything in the bottle will get you the % of alcohol in your body or is does it mean another measurement for whatever amount you drink?
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It's based upon your body's mass, rate of absorption, tolerance level and other factors such as illness or fatigue and the amount of food you have in your stomach which would defray some of the immediate effects of the alcohol in your bloodstream.
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ABV means by my understanding 40 abv = 40 percent of bottle is alcohol
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When a percentage or proof measurement is used on a bottle label it means that the contents of the bottle are (eg) 40% or 100 proof alcohol (it also therefore means 40% of what you pour yourself is alcohol). What you absorb is totally different and cannot be labeled on a bottle due to differences in individuals.
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It means that the contents of the bottle are that percent of alcohol. So, if you separated out all the ingredients, that percent would be pure alcohol and the rest would be other things. Proof, interestingly, is twice the alcohol by volume at the temperature 15.5 degrees C in the USA or 20 degrees C in the EU.
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