3200 BC: Earliest documented evidence of alcoholic beverages. The evidence, written in Sumerian, is a pictograph for beer.

5: Number of subtypes of alcoholics, according to a study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The subtypes are young adult, young antisocial, functional, intermediate familial and the chronic severe.

100,000+: Number of alcohol labels, as well as advertisements, being reviewed by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau per year to verify that they provide adequate information on the identity and quality of the beverage.

0.08: Maximum percentage of blood alcohol content (BAC) considered to be legal intoxication in most US states, including California, Florida and Pennsylvania.

0.5: Percentage of alcohol equivalent to a degree of alcoholic proof in the US. For example, liquor having 50 percent alcohol is termed 100 proof.

190: Maximum proof of Everclear, a brand of grain alcohol with an extremely high alcoholic concentration. It is available in 95 percent alcohol and 75.5 percent alcohol (151 proof) varieties. It is illegal to sell it in many states in the US.

$500+: Price of the Ritz Side Car, holder of the Guinness Record for the world?s most expensive cocktail.

$400: Price of the world?s most expensive beer, Carlsberg Vintage No. 1, sold only in Copenhagen.

15: Number of days of Oktoberfest celebration in Munich, Germany.

8: Total types of beers offered by San Miguel.

5: Number of countries where San Miguel Beer is exported to. The export partners are China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

80 to 90: Alcoholic proof of lambanog, most commonly described as coconut wine or coconut vodka.

3: Number of days that tuba is stored in earthen jars or bottles to ferment. Tuba when distilled produces lambanog.

30: Number of seconds it took for Jean Alones, a housewife from Vigan City, to finish a liter of ?Basi wine? (a sugar cane wine) in February 2009. This earned her the title ?Basi Queen.?

1.25 billion: Number of liters of beer reportedly consumed by Filipinos in 1998, equivalent to nearly 4 billion beer bottles, according to a 2001 report by the Institute of Alcohol Studies.

10 percent: Estimated increase in Filipino wine consumption each year (2001)

P5,000: Fine for driving under the influence of liquor in RP

4: Estimated percentage of global deaths that may be linked to alcohol (2009)

Compiled by Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Source: sirc.org, miniaturehk.com, cbsnews.com, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, dui.com, britannica.com, drinknation.com, forbestraveler.com, bloomberg.com, oktoberfest.de, travelandleisure.com, sanmiguel.com.ph, www1.american.edu, dipologcity.com, pia.gov.ph, ias.org.uk, lto.gov.ph, webmd.com