No significant difference between the genders was found for the average ML and MT after the ingestion of the alcoholic beverages. However, there was a significant difference between the genders in relation to ML and MT for the individual beverages. In men, the largest ML and smallest MT were observed with the ingestion of the distilled beverages, whisky and cachaça. The ingestion of beer and wine produced similar ML values, but the amount of beer consumed was smaller than that of whisky (p < 0.01) and of cachaça (p < 0.005). In relation to MT in men, beer produced a slower response than cachaça (p < 0.05), and wine produced a slower response than whisky (p < 0.05) and cachaça (p < 0.005). In women, there was no significant difference in the ML values obtained after ingestion of the distilled beverages and wine. However, the ML values for these beverages were significantly larger (p < 0.02) than the value obtained for beer. In relation to MT in women, beer produced a slower response (p < 0.001) only
in comparison with whisky. Whisky was the beverage that produced the fastest response (p < 0.05) in comparison with the other beverages.