On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:37:44 -0700, "Dennis Brownridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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. Dennis, I didn't make a mistake. I said: >> "[English] Beer was originally in half-pint and three-quarter >> pint cans. 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. That is, they were nominally half-pint and pint, but I assume it was the requirements of the time regarding accuracy of fill that required them to be *labelled* as being just under the nominal sizes. The half-pint was metricated to 275 ml, the pint to 550 ml. However, the most common sizes are 275 ml, 330 ml, 440 ml and 500 ml (plus the 250 ml/25 cl seen on French/Begian imports, though even Beck's - bottled in Germany - is sold in 275 ml sizes). Chris -- Metrication information: http://www.metric.org.uk/ UK legislation, EC Directives, Trading Standards links and more Pro-metric mailing list now available.
