How much is too much?
The government advises that people should not regularly drink more than their weekly unit guidelines:
Men: 14 units of alcohol
Women: 14 units of alcohol
This advice applies regardless of how often you drink alcohol; you shouldn't interpret the guidance as allowing you to "save up" your units, it's best to spread evenly across the week.
What is a unit?
The size and strength of your drink will determine the number of units it contains. It's not quite as simple as one drink, one unit - a glass of wine can range between just over one unit and more than three units depending on the size of the glass and type of wine.
Remember, when you're drinking at home, you tend to pour measures that are larger than you get in your local.
Alcohol and the Law
The law on alcohol covers such areas as underage drinking, drink driving and drinking in
public places. The full facts can be found on the Drinkaware website. Find out more >
Effects of Alcohol
On the Drinkaware website you'll find useful clinically approved facts and information about the effects of alcohol on your life and lifestyle designed to help you make positive decisions about your drinking. More Details >
OUR COMMITMENT TO DRINKING RESPONSIBLY
We believe that our industry can and should work together to promote the responsible enjoyment of alcohol. We have a collective responsibility to positively change the nation's relationship with alcohol.
- We do not sell alcohol to anyone that we believe to be intoxicated.
- We do not sell alcohol to anyone with a medical or a dependency issue that we have either been informed of or suspect through their buying patterns.
- We do not sell alcohol to customers whom we suspect of passing alcohol to under 18s.
- We do not offer any incentives to our customers to drink irresponsibly.
- Our employees have easy access to information about alcohol by volume (ABV) and alcohol units, for the benefit of customers as well as themselves.
- Water is always available, free of charge, at our tastings. We encourage customers to use spittoons at these events and our employees will only ever pour tasting measures.
