Corey Richardson wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:59:04 GMT, "Graham" > wrote:
>
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>>"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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>>> 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 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.
>
>A pint of beer in the UK *has* to be a pint of beer - 1pint/20floz/568ml

Beer is sold in pints and halves.

Spirits used to be sold in fractions of a gill (a sixth or a fifth of
a gill which itself is a quarter of a pint) but now are sold in either
25 or 35 millilitre measures.

Wine when not sold by the bottle comes in small, medium and large
glasses. 125ml, 175ml and 250ml respectively.
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Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"