Acats Bartending Guide

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Measurement Guide

Conversion Table

In the world of bartending, there are lots of measures that you can find in different drink recipes. It could all be a bit confusing at a first glance, specially if you are used to the metric system (Like us Swedes).
The table below shows some Standard Bar Measures and how they are translated into US ounces and the metric system.

Name Abbrev Standard Metric

Dash, Splash dsh 1/32 oz 0.9242 ml

Teaspoon tsp 1/8 oz 3.697 ml

Tablespoon tbsp 3/8 oz 11.09 ml

Ounce oz 1 oz 29.57 ml

Jigger jgr 1 1/2 oz 44.36 ml

Wineglass wgls 4 oz 118.2 ml

Split splt 6 oz 177.4 ml

Cup C 8 oz 236.6 ml

In case you are in the need, we also have a table for converting Metric Standards of Fill for Distilled Spirits into US ounces.

Metric Fluid Oz Bottles per case

50 ml 1.69 120

100 ml 3.38 48

200 ml 6.76 48

375 ml 12.7 24

750 ml 25.4 12

1.0 L 33.8 12

1.75 L 59.2 6

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