FF Getting Drunk

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Wendy St John"
<hebrideanblack at e...> wrote:

> Hi, Derannimer, You asked:
> 
> " How many pints do you have to drink before you become drunk?..."


British Pints and Standard Fluid Pints-

Standard Fluid Pint = 16 fluid ounces (also, two cups)

British Pint = 1.2 Standard Pints = 19.2 fluid ounces

Typical bottle or can of American beer = 12 fluid ounces.

Typical amount that a person can drink and still remain functional,
but under the influence; ie: functional but impaired, would be 3 US
bottles or cans. You could drive a car quite well, but you really
shouldn't. Of course, time comes into play, if you slam down three
bottles fast, you are drunk. If you pace them across 30 to 45 minutes
each, you are functional.

3 Bottles X 12 oz = 36 oz / 19.2 oz = 1.88 British Pints of Ale.

When you are talking about mostly functional but clearly drunk, we are
talking about 4 to 6 beers at a reasonable pace.

6 bottles X 12 oz = 72 oz / 19.2 oz = 3.75 British Pints of Ale.

Ale and beer come in stout, bitters, and lager. In Britain, the
closest you will get to mild golden colored American beer is Lager.
The most common British ale is bitters. The most common Irish ale is
stout.

Types of Ale-
http://www.scotchirish.on.ca/styles.html

See 'Bitter' and 'Brown Ale' - 
http://www.johnharvards.com/process/types_A-B.html

See 'Stout' (Guinness) -
http://www.johnharvards.com/process/types_N-S.html#S

Beers of the World Rated -
http://tolsun.oulu.fi/kbs/beer/kbsbeer.htm

Keep in mind how much you can drink relative to a specific effect is
related to size. Hagrid can probably drink liters of beer the way the
average person drinks pints of beer. On the other hand, Harry and Ron
would probably be completely silly after a couple of standard bottles
of beer.

Also, keep in mind that is is not uncommon for kids in Europe to drink
under the supervison of their parents; usually at mealtime. We even
seen underage drinking in the HP books (dinner at the Weasleys), but I
can't remember the exact passages.

Hope that helps.

bboy_mn