It's been awhile since I last bought some Guinness (I think it was March 17th?) The 440 mL rings an bell. I don't ever recall seeing the Imperial/US flozes on the can. 440 mL is too small for an Imperial pint (568 ml) and American flpint (473 ml). Did Ireland, at one time, have its own pint? Or does this compare to an historical ale-pint (cf. the wine-gallon aka the Queen Ann gallon, or the United States customary gallon) If one calculates the volume occupied by the foamy head once the can is poured, is it then an Imperial pint (568 ml)? greg Saskatoon >>> "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2000-10-29 21:52:07 >>> 2000-10-29 There was no indication on the can as to whether the ounces were US or UK. Therefore, I assumed because it was sold in the USA, the importer or Guinness itself would see to it that it is in US fluid ounces stated. but, it can be an error and the 14.9 could be imperial. Any chance of that? Curiously, if anyone is familiar with this can, what size would it be in a metric country? How would it be labeled? John ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James R. Frysinger Sent: Sunday, 2000-10-29 21:57 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: Re: [USMA:8849] RE: Guinness beer I asked because the type of ounce (US or UK) affects its size and hence the conversion to milliliters. Jim kilopascal wrote: > > 2000-10-29 > > I think it was the floozy ounce. I keep forgetting, there is more than one > type. Why, do you ask? > > John > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Click here for Free Video!! > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James R. > Frysinger > Sent: Sunday, 2000-10-29 21:09 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: Re: [USMA:8846] Guinness beer > > What kind of "ounces" were those, John? > > Jim > > kilopascal wrote: > > > > 2000-10-29 > > > > I was in the supermarket today and noticed a selection of beer > from Guinness > > of Eire in 14.9 oz cans. There was no SI at all on the cans. But, I > > figured 14.9 oz was a conversion of rational SI. I checked it when I got > > home and found it to be 440 mL, not as rational as I had hoped. > > > > Some of you might want to visit their web site at: http://www.guinness.ie > > and remind them that US law requires a declaration on all packages of the > > size in SI units in addition to FFU. > > > > John > > -- > Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" > James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ > 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
