Phil wrote on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:53:42 +0100:

>> Graham > wrote:
>>
>>> "James Silverton" > wrote in
>>> message ...
>> >> 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
>> >> --
>>> I think that when you "go for a pint" it is not only 20floz
>>> but it also tends to imply that it will be draught
>>> beer. Here, in Calgary, a pint is sometimes the Imp 20floz
>>> but some bars use the US 16floz pint glasses. Graham
>>
>> A pint here is a pint (British pint)- no exception. Indeed,
>> if it's draught beer, you'll be liable to prosecution if you
>> serve it in, say, a half litre glass. There was such a case
>> in the news recently.

>When you buy a pint (or a half) in a public house in the UK
>youtypically get it in a brim measure glass which has a crown
> marked on it to show it complies with the weights and
> measures act. By custom a pint is said to be the beer
> and any head on it.

Is the glass marking the same in Scotland? I seem to remember the top of
the glass being the legal measu no sucking in the foam thro' your
mustache :-)


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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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