A trip to Britain would be wasted without a trip to a pub! :-) Bear in mind there tends to be two sort of pubs - the big "chainy" types that are quite colourful, fairly loud and a lot of fun. Then there's the old style "inn" type pubs which are more "cosy" and you're more likely to hear the clinking of glasses than the music on the system.
The "old style" one's sometimes have a proper beer garden too. If you want an absolutely major night out, go to Cardiff. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carleton MacDonald Sent: 24 January 2005 01:21 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:32062] RE: A half litre of beer please. I plan to do exactly that (go to a British pub) as part of a vacation in June. Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Humphreys Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 09:58 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:32056] RE: A half litre of beer please. Don't waste your money! Go to a British pub and see, in reality, what actually happens. I've been doing it on Friday and Saturday for many many years now! -----Original Message----- From: Pat Naughtin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 January 2005 10:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; U.S. Metric Association Subject: Re: [USMA:32024] RE: A half litre of beer please. Dear Stephen, on 2005-01-22 02.27, Stephen Humphreys at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I mentioned this on another thread. > > Some pubs do but unfortunately most don't. From memory the Mr Q and > Wetherspoon chains do those. > > One MP tried to make it law some time back, but he failed. That's why > this compromise was brought in to allow you to return the pint to be > brimmed. And even that is semi-voluntary (I believe) > > Of course this issue only happens with heady beers and ales (and, of > course, Guinness) Would you care to place a monetary value on your use of the word, 'only'. My estimate is that it comes to about 13.6 % of the entire UK beer market - that's quite some 'only'. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of credoiniesum > Sent: 21 January 2005 15:15 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:32023] RE: A half litre of beer please. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> 5) You won't know that many pubs have oversized glasses with a pint >> and > >> half-pint mark scratched into the glass, this is to accommodate a >> head with no questions asked. >> >> > > > > Last time I was in the UK all the pint glasses I saw had that little > mark on it with a line showing where 1 pint was, leaving room for the > head. >
