Bardstown, KY - A study conducted by the Kentucky Bourbon Beverage Institute revealed that the amount of bourbon ingested is directly linked to how inebriated a person becomes. Five men of similar weight and drinking habits drank different amounts of bourbon ever a three hour period. The lowest amount imbibed was two ounces while the highest amount was ten ounces with two ounce increments between participants. All the test bourbon was the same brand of eighty proof (forty percent alcohol by volume) and was served neat (no water, ice or mixer) in two ounce shot glasses.
When asked at the end of the three hours if they felt drunk, none of the participants replied in the affirmative. The results of a question period involving pictures of men and women that the participants were asked to rate in attractiveness was not available by request of the participants. Finally, the results of breathalyser tests administered during and after the three hour period were not made public by request of the Kentucky Bourbon Beverage Institute.
Brad Pennington Worthington, spokesman for KBBI, witnessed the study in its entirety and said, "This study definitively reveals that there's a high probability of becoming drunker when bourbon consumption is increased over a three hour period. That guy that drank the five shots was just off the charts."
It's likely this ground-breaking study will be repeated across the industry to determine if liquors like vodka, tequila, and rum have the same potential effects on consumers.
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