On 12 Aug, 22:05, Corey Richardson > wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:59:04 GMT, "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 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.
>
> >> --
> >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 of beer in the UK *has* to be a pint of beer - 1pint/20floz/568ml

well, that depends :~) my guess is that c90% of pub beer glasses are
brim-ful pints, so if there's any foam showing below the brim, then
you've not got a full pint.

On the point mentioned above, about whether govt should intervene more
in defining & imposing the definition of a pint, one of Tony Blair's
election promises was indeed a guarantee to make a pint truly a pint -
he's gone & we've still got pub co.s getting 80pints out of a 72pint
cask, etc!
Cheers
MikeMcG