I guess Canadians fall comfortably in the middle.
Big Rock Brewery (Calgary AB) sells some of their popular brands in "500 mL" bottles -
- a metric pint!
I just wish they would drop that one extra ml on the label of small bottles and just
label them "340 mL"
greg
Saskatoon SK Canada
>>> "Dennis Brownridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2000-10-30 10:14:49 >>>
On this subject Chris Keenan wrote on 1999-01-24:
"[English] Beer was originally in half-pint and three-quarter pint cans [284
mL & 426 mL]. However, they were never labelled as such; I believe the
regulations at the time forced them to say 9 2/3 fl oz and 14 2/3 fl oz.
440 ml was the closest 'metric' size to the 3/4 pt. (The half-pint has
become 275 ml)."
Chris didn't say why 440 was regarded as more 'metric' than 400 or 425 or
450 or even 430.
Also sold in the US without any metric label is Foster's Lager (an
Australian brand, but brewed and canned in Canada). It is labeled here "25.4
Fluid Ounces ONE PINT 9.4 FL.OZ." which turns out to be a rational 750 mL.
This is more than twice the size of the American beer can! One concludes
that the British are big beer drinkers, but that the Aussies top them all.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kilopascal
> 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
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