On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:43:40 +0100, Corey Richardson
> wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:39:06 -0400, "James Silverton"
> wrote:
>
>> Corey wrote on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:30:32 +0100:
>>
>>>> Hello All!
>>>>
>>>> I just read an article in a popular science magazine from
>>>> Britain, "Chemistry World", where it was stated "Little beats
>>>> a cool, crisp pint of beer on a hot summer's day". I
>>>> thoroughly agree with that sentiment but the article was
>>>> illustrated by a picture of beer in the usual 12oz bottle. Is
>>>> "pint" just a name for a glass of beer in Britain or does it
>>>> commonly come in 20oz (British pint) bottles? I suspect that
>>>> the use of "pint" for a glassful is common in Ireland too and
>>>> I'm aware that the British and American fl ozs are very
>>>> slightly different.
>>
>>
>>>A pint bottle of beer is now 568 ml in the UK. I don't think
>>> I've ever seen it in ounces.
>>
>>.
>>
>>OK, to rephrase my question some, are 568ml (or near that value)
>>*bottles* of beer common in Britain? It does not change my question
>>really since 568ml is 19.99 floz (British).
>
>Yes, 568ml (AKA 1 pint) bottles of beer are very common in Britain.

Sorry for the follow-up.

I should have said that although you do get true 1 pint bottles of beer,
500ml bottles are increasingly common, although not regarded as a pint.