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In the United Kingdom, a unit of alcohol is defined as 10 millilitres (or approximately 8 grams) of ethanol (ethyl alcohol). This is approximately the amount of ethanol an average healthy adult can breakdown in an hour. It is used as a basis for guidelines on consumption of Alcoholic Beverages; the number of units contained in a typical drink is publicized and marked on bottles.

In the US, a unit is considered to be 14 grams (17 ml) of pure alcohol -- about 0.6 fluid ounces or 1.2 tablespoons). The UK and US figures fall at either end of the range of average alcohol metabolism in one hour.

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Possibly 63.6 Units at the amount of 14% alcohol per drink.

It depends on a gallon of what? A gallon of beer and a gallon of whiskey would give different number of units.

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