In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is 35ml
or 25ml respectively.

What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?

Corey wrote on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:32 +0100:

> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub
> is 35ml or 25ml respectively.

> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?

I'm not sure how consistent it is in the US. It is usually agreed that a
"shot" is 1.5 oz (44ml) but there are all sorts of strange things like
"jigger" and "pony". I usually stick to beer :-)


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On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:29:19 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> Corey wrote on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:32 +0100:
>
>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub
>> is 35ml or 25ml respectively.
>
>> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?
>
>I'm not sure how consistent it is in the US. It is usually agreed that a
>"shot" is 1.5 oz (44ml) but there are all sorts of strange things like
>"jigger" and "pony". I usually stick to beer :-)

Thanks. Interesting. I wondered why Americans looked at single shot in
the UK funny.

Corey Richardson wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:29:19 GMT, "James Silverton"
> > wrote:
>
>> Corey wrote on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:32 +0100:
>>
>>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub
>>> is 35ml or 25ml respectively.
>>
>>> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?
>>
>>I'm not sure how consistent it is in the US. It is usually agreed that a
>>"shot" is 1.5 oz (44ml) but there are all sorts of strange things like
>>"jigger" and "pony". I usually stick to beer :-)
>
> Thanks. Interesting. I wondered why Americans looked at single shot in
> the UK funny.

Here's a good USan example. Shot glass, showing 1.5oz/45ml to be a shot,
next to a pony/jigger measurer that doesn't say how much either of those
are.

http://www.homebarsupplys.com/mix_ac...measuring.html

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Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Corey Richardson wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:29:19 GMT, "James Silverton"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Corey wrote on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:32 +0100:
>>>
>>>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub
>>>> is 35ml or 25ml respectively.
>>>
>>>> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?
>>>
>>>I'm not sure how consistent it is in the US. It is usually agreed that a
>>>"shot" is 1.5 oz (44ml) but there are all sorts of strange things like
>>>"jigger" and "pony". I usually stick to beer :-)
>>
>> Thanks. Interesting. I wondered why Americans looked at single shot in
>> the UK funny.
>
> Here's a good USan example. Shot glass, showing 1.5oz/45ml to be a shot,
> next to a pony/jigger measurer that doesn't say how much either of those
> are.
>
> http://www.homebarsupplys.com/mix_ac...measuring.html

And down blow is a measuring bottle spout that gives 1oz (2/3 shot?) of
booze at a time.


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Corey wrote on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:32 +0100:

> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?

Depends who you ask. "Joy of Cooking" says to never put less
than 2 fluid ounces (U.S.) of liquor into a mixed drink.
Most American bartenders would agree. The exceptions are
places like many airport bars, and other captive vendors like bars
at concert venues and music festivals, where they often measure
1.5 ounces, just to be cheap.

"Time Out", in its New York City guidebook, suggests that most drinks
in NYC would be a "treble" by U.K. standards; that suggests at least
75 millliters, or close to three ounces, or possibly more.

There may be some jurisdictions within the U.S. where measured
pours are required, but if so they are uncommon.

Steve

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:47:56 +0100, Corey Richardson wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:29:19 GMT, "James Silverton"
> > wrote:
>
>> Corey wrote on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:32 +0100:
>>
>>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub
>>> is 35ml or 25ml respectively.
>>
>>> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?
>>
>>I'm not sure how consistent it is in the US. It is usually agreed that a
>>"shot" is 1.5 oz (44ml) but there are all sorts of strange things like
>>"jigger" and "pony". I usually stick to beer :-)
>
> Thanks. Interesting. I wondered why Americans looked at single shot in
> the UK funny.

it may be the mechanical dispenser, if that's what your talking about.
very rare in the u.s.

your pal,
blake

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:29:19 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

>I'm not sure how consistent it is in the US. It is usually agreed that a
>"shot" is 1.5 oz (44ml) but there are all sorts of strange things like
>"jigger" and "pony". I usually stick to beer :-)

I used to think a shot was one ounce and a jigger is 1.5 ounce. I
think a typical drink is supposed to be 1.5 ounce.
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In article >,
EZ Larry > wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:29:19 GMT, "James Silverton"
> > wrote:
>
> >I'm not sure how consistent it is in the US. It is usually agreed that a
> >"shot" is 1.5 oz (44ml) but there are all sorts of strange things like
> >"jigger" and "pony". I usually stick to beer :-)
>
> I used to think a shot was one ounce and a jigger is 1.5 ounce. I
> think a typical drink is supposed to be 1.5 ounce.

In my part of the world (N. Calif.), most bartenders don't pre-measure
with shot glasses but "count" instead. They count silently to
themselves as the pour through that standard sort of spout that bars
have on all their bottles. Some drink might be a "two count" or a "three
count" depending on the recipe. As you might expect, there is some
variability here. Reputations for generosity or stinginess are easily
established here in my smallish college town.

D.M.
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"Donald Martinich" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> EZ Larry > wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:29:19 GMT, "James Silverton"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >I'm not sure how consistent it is in the US. It is usually agreed that a
>> >"shot" is 1.5 oz (44ml) but there are all sorts of strange things like
>> >"jigger" and "pony". I usually stick to beer :-)
>>
>> I used to think a shot was one ounce and a jigger is 1.5 ounce. I
>> think a typical drink is supposed to be 1.5 ounce.
>
> In my part of the world (N. Calif.), most bartenders don't pre-measure
> with shot glasses but "count" instead. They count silently to
> themselves as the pour through that standard sort of spout that bars
> have on all their bottles. Some drink might be a "two count" or a "three
> count" depending on the recipe. As you might expect, there is some
> variability here. Reputations for generosity or stinginess are easily
> established here in my smallish college town.
>
> D.M.
> --
> greatvalleyimages.com

Not necessarily.

Today most of the bar pour spouts are metered.

http://www.foodservicedirect.com/ind...sured_Pour.htm

:-(

Bummer.

Dimitri

Dimitri > wrote:

>"Donald Martinich" > wrote in message

>> In my part of the world (N. Calif.), most bartenders don't pre-measure
>> with shot glasses but "count" instead. They count silently to
>> themselves as the pour through that standard sort of spout that bars
>> have on all their bottles. Some drink might be a "two count" or a "three
>> count" depending on the recipe. As you might expect, there is some
>> variability here. Reputations for generosity or stinginess are easily
>> established here in my smallish college town.

>Not necessarily.
>
>Today most of the bar pour spouts are metered.

>http://www.foodservicedirect.com/ind...sured_Pour.htm

While this is an interesting link, it hardly establishes any
claim that "most bar pour spouts are metered". Or, if the
spouts do have a metering feature, the bartender is paying
attention to it.

IMO most local bartenders pour to some visual level, they neither
count nor measure.

Steve

Corey Richardson wrote:
> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is 35ml
> or 25ml respectively.
>
>
Ummm....
Surely you meant to say 'in Scotland and in England'?

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:35:24 -0400, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>Corey Richardson wrote:
>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is 35ml
>> or 25ml respectively.
>>
>>
>Ummm....
>Surely you meant to say 'in Scotland and in England'?

Whoops! Sorry yes!

Corey Richardson wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:35:24 -0400, S Viemeister
> > wrote:
>
>>Corey Richardson wrote:
>>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is 35ml
>>> or 25ml respectively.
>>>
>>>
>>Ummm....
>>Surely you meant to say 'in Scotland and in England'?
>
> Whoops! Sorry yes!

Wait. The Scots are more generous?


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Blinky the Shark > wrote:

>Wait. The Scots are more generous?

Under the previous order, a shot was 1/6 gill in England,
1/5 gill in Scotland outside of Glasgow, and 1/4 gill in
Glasgow.

Steve

Steve Pope wrote:

> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
>>Wait. The Scots are more generous?
>
> Under the previous order, a shot was 1/6 gill in England,
> 1/5 gill in Scotland outside of Glasgow, and 1/4 gill in
> Glasgow.

So much for all those jokes.

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On 2008-08-12, S Viemeister wrote:

> Corey Richardson wrote:
>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is 35ml
>> or 25ml respectively.
>>
>>
> Ummm....
> Surely you meant to say 'in Scotland and in England'?

And Wales.


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Adam Funk wrote:

>On 2008-08-12, S Viemeister wrote:
>
>> Corey Richardson wrote:
>>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is 35ml
>>> or 25ml respectively.
>>>
>>>
>> Ummm....
>> Surely you meant to say 'in Scotland and in England'?
>
>And Wales.

And Norn Iron (Northern Ireland)...

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On 2008-08-13, Phil Cook wrote:

> Adam Funk wrote:
>
>>On 2008-08-12, S Viemeister wrote:
>>
>>> Corey Richardson wrote:
>>>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is 35ml
>>>> or 25ml respectively.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Ummm....
>>> Surely you meant to say 'in Scotland and in England'?
>>
>>And Wales.
>
> And Norn Iron (Northern Ireland)...

And Cornwall.

Well, not legally, but I read somewhere that people sending mail from
abroad often used to end the address with "Cornwall via England" to
avoid offence.


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Corey Richardson wrote:
> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is 35ml
> or 25ml respectively.
>
> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?

We had this topic about 4 months ago. You need to go back in
Google to find topics more than a year old to continue your sad
trolling for people to talk to.

Have you tried tying a pork chop around your neck so the family
dog will play with you?

-sw

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:35:37 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>Corey Richardson wrote:
>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is 35ml
>> or 25ml respectively.
>>
>> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?
>
>We had this topic about 4 months ago. You need to go back in
>Google to find topics more than a year old to continue your sad
>trolling for people to talk to.
>
>Have you tried tying a pork chop around your neck so the family
>dog will play with you?
>
>-sw

*PLONK*

Corey Richardson wrote:

> *PLONK*

Plonked by a a troll? Damn - I'm good.

-sw

Corey Richardson wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:35:37 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> Corey Richardson wrote:
>>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is 35ml
>>> or 25ml respectively.
>>>
>>> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?
>> We had this topic about 4 months ago. You need to go back in
>> Google to find topics more than a year old to continue your sad
>> trolling for people to talk to.
>>
>> Have you tried tying a pork chop around your neck so the family
>> dog will play with you?
>>
>> -sw
>
> *PLONK*

Poor Steve, first Jerry, and now Corey. I hope you make it to the liquor
store before they close tonight.

Scott wrote:

> Corey Richardson wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:35:37 -0500, Sqwertz >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Corey Richardson wrote:
> >>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is 35ml
> >>> or 25ml respectively.
> >>>
> >>> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?
> >> We had this topic about 4 months ago. You need to go back in
> >> Google to find topics more than a year old to continue your sad
> >> trolling for people to talk to.
> >>
> >> Have you tried tying a pork chop around your neck so the family
> >> dog will play with you?
> >>
> >> -sw
> >
> > *PLONK*
>
> Poor Steve, first Jerry, and now Corey. I hope you make it to the liquor
> store before they close tonight.


Ya know, I am wondering if this Corey is simply another of Steve's
"avatars"...


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Sqwertz wrote:
> Corey Richardson wrote:
>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is
>> 35ml or 25ml respectively.
>>
>> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?
>
> We had this topic about 4 months ago. You need to go back in
> Google to find topics more than a year old to continue your sad
> trolling for people to talk to.
>
> Have you tried tying a pork chop around your neck so the family
> dog will play with you?

<g>

"Corey Richardson" > wrote in message
...
> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub is 35ml
> or 25ml respectively.
>
> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?
>

Perhaps this will help:


http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm

Kswck wrote on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:59:29 -0400:


> "Corey Richardson" > wrote in
> message ...
>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the
>> pub is 35ml or 25ml respectively.
>>
>> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?
>>
> Perhaps this will help:

Thanks very much for the interesting and comprehensive link. I'm going
to have to investigate whether "jiggers" etc. are legally defined as are
pints and gallons.

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