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Default Spirit measures in the US and Canada?

Corey wrote on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:32 +0100:

> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub
> is 35ml or 25ml respectively.


> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?


I'm not sure how consistent it is in the US. It is usually agreed that a
"shot" is 1.5 oz (44ml) but there are all sorts of strange things like
"jigger" and "pony". I usually stick to beer :-)


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