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A fifth of whiskey is one fifth of a gallon, or 25.6 oz.

Since there are 25.6 oz in a fifth, and 1.5 oz in a shot, there are 17.0667 shots in a fifth.

A typical beer contains around 5% alcohol (.05) and each beer is 12 oz.

A shot is 1.5 oz at 40%, so 1.5(.40)=.6(amount of pure alcohol). A typical beer is 12 oz at 5%, so 12(.05)=.6(amount of pure alcohol).

So, usually a shot is nearly equivalent to a beer. Knowing this, you could assume that 17.0667 beers would equal close to a fifth of whiskey.

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A fifth of alcohol is 1/5 or 20% of an American gallon.

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almost 1 and a half

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17 regular beers or 21 light beers

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about 18

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12

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