I drank 6 3.25 beers 36 hours ago will I pass and ETG? I am 6' 215 lbs. The last time I drank before that was quite a bit on Saturday but I stopped drinking by midnight. Please help

Over what time span did you drink the 6 beers from start to finish. What was the brand and was it 12 oz units.

The Saturday drinking is not a factor.

Over what time span did you drink the 6 beers from start to finish. What was the brand and was it 12 oz units.

The Saturday drinking is not a factor.


It was on Tuesday from 6 PM to 10:30 PM to be safe. 12 oz Blue Moons. Utah beer so 3.2%

That is 5 standard drinks (US) and based on your size .77 g/kg.

Using a cutoff of 100 ng/mL the clearance time for EtG ranges from 27 - 44 hours (2 studies both use 100). At 36 hours you are right in the middle.

If the cutoff used for screening is 500 then it is unlikely that EtG would be detected. But you never know with the non-regulated tests. There are no requirements or standard practices.

Please let us know the results.

Reference studies:
Halter, et al 2008
Wojcik & Hawthorne 2007

That is 5 standard drinks (US) and based on your size .77 g/kg.

Using a cutoff of 100 ng/mL the clearance time for EtG ranges from 27 - 44 hours (2 studies both use 100). At 36 hours you are right in the middle.

If the cutoff used for screening is 500 then it is unlikely that EtG would be detected. But you never know with the non-regulated tests. There are no requirements or standard practices.

Please let us know the results.

Reference studies:
Halter, et al 2008
Wojcik & Hawthorne 2007

Well the place that does the testing is closed today so it will probably be tomorrow. I should be good then right? Thanks for your help.

Well the place that does the testing is closed today so it will probably be tomorrow. I should be good then right? Thanks for your help.

None of the research show detection above 48 hours.

NOTICE: Any person or entity that is subjected to or relies on EtG testing should read this Advisory issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services, September 2006 and remains in effect as of date of this posting. Copy available here > US DHHS Advisory (http://kap.samhsa.gov/products/manuals/advisory/pdfs/0609_biomarkers.pdf)