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The DMG section on potions. PDF version. The file is maybe three years old? I saw no mention of weight in that section. It may be contradictory to other parts of the core rules, I dunno. I was looking specifically for potions info via TOCs and indexes.
Taking an action to drink a potion would include more than just the time to pour and swallow though. Unless you have the potion in hand, it would include retrieving it, and opening it. An action is equivalent to about six seconds, right? That seems like about the right amount of time from the outside at least.
I edited my comment with more fact checking, and the DMG mentions the 1 oz potions on page 139. That also has implications for the density of a potion–a piece of granite would float in it! Honestly I'm fine with being wrong about the volume of a potion, that's a legit fun fact
As for your source, there are better options than a PDF from 3 years ago. Am I allowed to mention that easily googleable website that has tools that we can use for 5e on this forum?
Yeah, I tend to prefer on device resources when I can't have physical copies. Online resources tend to be a pain in the ass when you need them most, so I never think of them.
I don't play 5e, nor run a game with it, so I haven't bothered to find newer copies of the PDF. If they've changed that much in a few years that the official site/books are no longer useful for quickly checking things, I can't say I'll ever bother to look for new files. It would mean that they've turned d&d into a churn based monetary thing rather than a reliable game system. I'm just not interested in that.
I mean, I have all the old ad&d books, most of the 3.X, and the box sets from before 2e. The 5e stuff, I'll never buy any of if there's not a good reason to.