What bottles are these, Greg? They must be old 12 Imp fl oz bottles = 6/10
Imp pt.(= 341 mL). Our beer and soda bottles are all 355 mL (= 12 U.S. fl oz
= 3/4 US pt.). Chris made a mistake: 3/4 Imp. pt. is 15 Imp. fl oz, not 14
2/3 Imp fl oz. All of which shows how ridiculous these old volume units are.
Would anybody really notice any difference if all bottles and cans came in
rounded dL sizes? No, of course not.
> -----Original Message-----
> > 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
>>
>> 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
> >
> >
> >
>
>
