O.B. Juan wrote:
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> The 7-8 oz glasses at the Grey Lodge Pub are the perfect way to sample a
> bunch of their tap beers without getting too big of a buzz.
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Yeah, but it's a 40+ mile trip for me...

When a friend and I went to the UK about 20 years ago, we went pretty
much for the real ale. ( "So, did you see the changing of the Guard at
Buckingham Palace?" "Yeah, on the way to a pub." "So, did you see
Stonehedge?" "Yeah, we stayed in a pub nearby...".) Jumped off the
plane, into a rental car and hit a bookstore for The Good Beer Guide and
off we went.

At some point we were told (or read) that drinking half pints was
considered "feminine". Ah, **** it, when we hit a "free house" pub
with a lot of interesting beers, we drank half pints. And we noticed
that all those macho guys with their big pint glasses were still holding
onto the same pour as when we got there, and we'd already gone through 3
or 4 halves.

(When we FINALLY found bottles of Whitbread Gold Label and, later,
Imperial Russian Stout we were told that "old ladies" drink that. Wish
I could say I remember than the guy was drinking a pint of Carling
"lager", but it's too long ago for such detail...).