Power Hour
Drinking Game, Online

Take one sip every 60 seconds for 60 minutes — 60 drinks in 60 minutes. Pick Power Hour, Century Club, or a custom timer, hit start, and let the countdown do the rest. No app, no signup, no props — just your phone and your drink.

Choose Your Format

How to Play Power Hour

The Countdown

Step 1 — Pick a format: Choose Power Hour (60 sips over 60 minutes), Century Club (100 sips over 100 minutes), or Custom and dial in your own sip count and interval.

Step 2 — Hit Start: Pour your drink, hit start, and a countdown begins. Every time the timer hits zero the screen flashes "DRINK!" — take one sip of beer and the next round starts automatically.

Step 3 — Sip & wait: One sip is a small mouthful, not a shot. Watch the ring fill up toward the next sip, and drink when it flashes. The counter ticks up so you always know where you are.

Step 4 — Pause or finish: Need a break? Hit Pause — the timer freezes and your progress saves. Resume when you're ready, or ride it out to the final sip and the Power Hour complete screen.

The beauty of it: No referee, no phone-as-timer that you have to keep awake, no losing count three drinks in. The browser runs the whole thing and remembers your spot if you close the tab.

Sip smart: A Power Hour sip is a mouthful of beer — not a shot of spirits. Keep a glass of water within reach, eat beforehand, and if it stops being fun, hit pause and stop. 60 minutes is a marathon, not a sprint.

Power Hour Variations

Classic

Power Hour

The original: 60 sips of beer, one every 60 seconds, for one full hour. It's the drinking game that turned "power hour" into a household name — equal parts endurance test and party trick. Our default format and the one most groups mean when they say "let's do a power hour."

Hardcore

Century Club

The Century Club (aka Century Club drinking game) is Power Hour's meaner older sibling: 100 sips in 100 minutes, one per minute. Nearly two hours of paced drinking that weeds out the casuals. Only for groups who've survived a regular power hour and want more.

Flexible

Custom Power Hour Timer

Set your own sip count and your own interval — a sip every 90 seconds, a 30-sip mini power hour, whatever your group can handle. The custom power hour timer is perfect for lighter sessions, practice runs, or house rules that don't fit the classic 60/60 mold.

Relaxed

90-Second Power Hour

A softer pace: one sip every 90 seconds instead of 60. Same 60 sips, but stretched across 90 minutes — easier on the liver and friendlier for a longer hang. Set the custom timer to 60 sips / 90 seconds and you're playing the 90-second power hour.

Themed

Country Power Hour

Pick a country playlist, pour that country's drink of choice, and run a power hour to the music — sake for Japan, tequila for Mexico, beer for Germany. The timer stays the same; the theme is on you. A fun way to turn a regular power hour into a travel night without leaving the couch.

Make Your Own

House Rules Power Hour

Every group has its own twist — finish your drink on the last sip, double-sip on the hour mark, water-only sips for the designated driver. Agree on the house rules before you hit start, then use the custom timer to dial in the sip count and interval that match.

Power Hour FAQ

What is a power hour drinking game?

A power hour is a timed drinking game where players take one sip of beer every 60 seconds for 60 minutes — "60 drinks in 60 minutes." There's no turn-taking and no cards; everyone drinks together on the timer. This online version runs the countdown in your browser, flashes "DRINK!" each time a sip is due, and saves your progress so closing the tab won't lose your count.

How many drinks do I need for a power hour?

The classic format is 60 sips — one per minute, for an hour. A sip is a small mouthful, roughly a shot of beer or a third of a shot of spirits, so plan on roughly 3 to 4 beers per person for the full 60. The Century Club variant needs 100 sips (about 5 to 6 beers) over 100 minutes. Go with beer, not spirits, and keep water on the table.

Can I pause and resume a power hour?

Yes — that's the whole point of running it in the browser. Hit Pause and the countdown freezes; hit Resume and it picks right back up. Your sip count, elapsed time, and chosen format save to your browser automatically, so you can close the tab, lock your phone, or switch devices mid-run and come back to the exact sip you left off on.

Does the power hour timer work on my phone?

Yes. The timer runs entirely in your phone's browser — no app to download, no account to create. It's built mobile-first with big touch targets, so the countdown ring, sip counter, and pause button are all easy to read and tap on a small screen. Just open the page, pick a format, and hit start.

What should I drink during a power hour?

Beer, always beer — a power hour is paced for sips of beer, not shots of spirits. One sip is a small mouthful, so pour something drinkable you don't mind nursing for an hour. Keep a glass of water within reach and eat food beforehand. If you'd rather not drink alcohol, soda or sparkling water works just as well — the timer doesn't care what's in your glass. And if it stops being fun, hit pause and stop.

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