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antonymooseyesterday at 7:15 PM2 repliesview on HN

Why would liquor be absorbed faster than beer given the same route (drinking)?


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peterabbitcookyesterday at 8:22 PM

Fick’s Law. The rate of absorption is proportional to the concentration gradient.

timeinputyesterday at 7:23 PM

It's easier to drink more units of alcohol faster when it's more concentrated, and not full of bubbles.

I don't think its so much that it's absorbed faster than it's just physically possible to drink 200 ml of liquor faster than it is to drink 1600ml of beer.