[USMA:9836] RE: French beer measures

[Bill Potts]

Chris Keenan wrote:
> Bill Potts told us that the pinte is nearly a litre,
> so is a demi half of that pinte?

To be specific, I think I said that pinte was used, in the Province of
Quebec, for quart (Imperial). For pint (Imperial), they used chopine. That
makes a chopine a demi-pinte. I think pinte and chopine were used,
pre-metrication, for French liquid-container labels in the rest of Canada,
too.

Joe Reid should know for sure.

Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
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