Alcohol
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How it looks, tastes and smells
What does it look like?
Alcohol comes in a wide range of drinks with different alcoholic strengths, colours and tastes. Alcohol often has labels with useful information, such as how many units are in the drink. All labels are required by law to display the strength of the drink (alcohol by volume, or ABV).
How do people take it?
What we mean by alcohol here is alcoholic drinks, such as beer, wine and spirits. The scientific name for the alcohol in these drinks is ethanol or ethyl alcohol.
Spirits usually contain a much higher concentration of alcohol than wine or lager and are normally drunk in smaller measures.
Ready-to-drink ‘mixers’ and ‘alcopops’ may not seem to be strong drinks but they may contain more alcohol than typical bottles or cans of beer or cider.
There is no completely safe level of drinking, but by sticking within these guidelines, you can lower your risk of harming your health.
To keep the risk of harm from alcohol low, men and wome...
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