Profile Reference
- Drink type
- Spirits
- Subtype
- Whisky
- Database profile ID
- 152
- Status
- Public active profile
DUI Professional Drink Profile
Carstairs
A public drink database profile for BAC simulation, drinking-pattern analysis, and litigation-support workflow review.
Updated May 25, 2026
Alcohol concentration
40%
percent alcohol by volume
Reference volume
1.50 oz
fluid ounces per full profile serving
Ethanol volume
0.60 oz
volume x ABV before density conversion
US standard drinks
1.00
using 0.6 fl oz ethanol per standard drink
BAC Simulation Context
DUI Professional uses drink profiles as structured inputs for alcohol dose, absorption timing, and elimination modeling. This profile describes the concentration and reference serving volume used when a full drink is added to a simulation.
1.50 oz at 40% equals about 1.00 U.S. standard drinks because one U.S. standard drink contains 0.6 fl oz ethanol. Review how these values are used in BAC simulation software or compare it against the full drink database.
Manufacturer Information
- Product
- Carstairs Whiskey
- Brand
- Carstairs
- Manufacturer
- Sazerac Company, Inc.
- Parent company
- Sazerac Company, Inc.
- Category
- American blended whiskey
Carstairs Background
Carstairs is a brand-named American blended whiskey reference associated with the Sazerac portfolio. Sazerac company history identifies Carstairs Whiskey among brands acquired from Joseph E. Seagram & Sons in 1989, which supports a generic Spirits / Whisky classification rather than Bourbon. The 1.5 fl oz serving at 40% ABV remains the controlling ethanol-dose input for BAC simulation.
Professional Use
- Compare drink assumptions during DUI and criminal-defense case review.
- Document beverage concentration and volume used in BAC simulation reports.
- Review drinking-pattern inputs with forensic toxicology and expert-witness workflows.
- Support training examples for alcohol absorption, elimination, and retrograde extrapolation.
Standard Drink Math
A U.S. standard drink uses 0.6 fl oz of pure ethanol. This profile's 1.50 oz reference serving at 40% ABV contains 0.60 oz ethanol, equal to 1.00 standard drinks.
That ethanol dose is the starting point for BAC simulation software; consumed fraction, timing, absorption, elimination, and body-composition assumptions are modeled separately. Compare other entries in the drink database or use the related profiles below.
