Blood Drug Testing - How long can a urine test detect alcohol?

How long can a urine test detect alcohol?

I've read many things regarding the rate of metabolizm for alcohol, but what i cannot find is how long after drinking will alcohol show up in a urine test? Not blood, or breath but urine. Thanks for your help.

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My cousin was on probation for a while and he would usually stop drinking alcohol for about 2 days before his urine test and it would not show up in his urine.
most urine tests don't detect alcohol. they detect ETG (Ethyl glucuronide) which is a waist product that stays in your system days after drinking alcohol the standard ETG test is rated for 80 hours, give or take
With some urine alcohol tests, alcohol can be detected up to around 48 hours after a person has ingested alcohol. With the EtG Urine Alcohol Test, however the presence of EtG in the urine demonstrates that ethanol alcohol was ingested within the past 3 or 4 days, or roughly 80 hours after the ethanol alcohol has been metabolized by the body. As a result, it can be determined that a urine alcohol test employing EtG is a more accurate indicator of the recent consumption of alcohol as opposed to simply measuring for the existence of ethanol alcohol (as is done many other urine alcohol tests). Let's use one of the above examples to further illustrate the ramifications of the EtG Urine Alcohol Test. As stated above, a person with a blood alcohol concentration of .15 will have no measurable alcohol in his or her bloodstream ten hours after the last drink. With the EtG Urine Alcohol Test, however, the presence of EtG in the urine reveals that ethanol alcohol was consumed within the past 80 hours or so which could mean many hours after the ethanol alcohol has been metabolized by the body. Hope this helps a bit.
Maybe a week...I'm not sure...I don't drink
A standard chem 7 or chem 2 urine test will not detect alcohal specifically. It will show an increase in protien and sugar, but alcohal also filters out very quickly so it probably wont show if you havent drank in the last 48 hours...