Alcohol Question

[Powerlifter]

I have been drinking the pass 6 months Cabernet Sauvignon Red Wine which is a dry wine and have noticed after just a couple glasses I got a buzz going on but only last for an hour or two.

I asked the lady at the liquor store to tell me the alcohol content as in proof and she looked on the bottle and found it said 11% by volume which she says is translated into around 24 proof in which I said dam no wonder.

The other bottle I have it says 15% and this was the bottle that was buzzing me pretty good this week so my question is if anyone knows was this lady right in the proof of the newer bottle I just bought today and the older bottle what proof is 15% if anyone knows as it has 15% on it but the same brand?

Do red wines have different % on each bottle bought? I am also thinking about building me a wine shelter.

Powerlifter

 

[ArcBound]

I think you're mixing up proof and percentage. Proof is not measured in percentage only in a number. Also proof is always double the percentage of alcohol by volume in the US, unless you're in Britain in which its 7/4. So your 15% alcohol by volume is either 30 proof or 26 1/4 proof while your 11% wine should be either 22 proof or 19 1/4 proof. So the bottle of 15% obviously has a higher proof and get you more buzzed.

 

[Powerlifter]

OK I see and thanks for the lesson I have wondered about this but the lady said the 11% was 24 proof but maybe she was figuring off the top of her head but close enough.

Do the same brand of red wines bottled have different proofs or percentages of alcohol if you know?

Powerlifter

I think you're mixing up proof and percentage. Proof is not measured in percentage only in a number. Also proof is always double the percentage of alcohol by volume in the US, unless you're in Britain in which its 7/4. So your 15% alcohol by volume is either 30 proof or 26 1/4 proof while your 11% wine should be either 22 proof or 19 1/4 proof. So the bottle of 15% obviously has a higher proof and get you more buzzed.

 

[mpimpin]

I haven't come across that with wine, but I don't drink much of it and nothing expensive. It doesn't sound right to me, but I'm not gonna say its impossible. Take a look next time at multiple bottles.

 

[Powerlifter]

Thanks mpimpin.

The brand of wine I buy isn't an expensive one a quart of Livingstons Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon will put you back around $16 but if I build my wine cellar I will stock it with more expensive reds.

But I checked the last quart and sure enough it has 15% and this new quart has 11.5%.

This explains why I had to drink a couple extra glasses before a buzz not that I am after that.

I am going to watch closely on my next purchases the %. I never really though wines got this high in alcohol content nor changed in % per bottle as I am not a big drinker just like the health benefits of red wine.

Powerlifter

I haven't come across that with wine, but I don't drink much of it and nothing expensive. It doesn't sound right to me, but I'm not gonna say its impossible. Take a look next time at multiple bottles.