That would be illegal in the UK.
Also some pubs have oversized glasses with the pint (and half-pint) marked.
But in "pint to the brim" glasses when a beer is poured it will be filled to
the top including a head.
The beer is then "overflowed" using the large drip tray below. This leaves
you with either no head (in some lagers and all ciders) or a head of less
than 5% which can "form part of the pint". you are entitled to go back and
ask to be topped up if you feel you are being "short changed"
That is what happens all over the UK, I swear.
From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:37871] Alcoholic content of beer
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:04:14 +1100
On 2007 01 26 8:19 AM, "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Martin,
I think that your first paragraph is spot on.
> So if you have 500 mL of a 5.5% beer, you would have consumed 2.75 units
of
> alcohol (half of 5.5).
But I have a little trouble with your second paragraph.
> If on the other hand you had consumed 568 mL of of a 5.5% beer - where
is my
> calculator?
Whenever I ordered a 'pint' in England, I was always served in a glass that
actually contained a true pint only if the glass was filled to the brim of
the glass.
As beer is invariably served with a head, I took to calculating the amount
of beer that I actually received in my 'pint' glass.
My calculations went like this:
The glass is close to 75 millimetres internal diameter at the top (three
thumb widths).
The froth depth is about 15 millimetres (using my little finger nail that
is
10 millimetres).
Calculated volume of froth = 66.3 millilitres (say 66 millilitres).
Volume of beer received as a 'pint' =
568 mL (from label on glass) - 66 mL = 502 mL (say 500 millilitres given
the
accuracy of the measurements).
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216
Geelong, Australia
61 3 5241 2008
Pat Naughtin is manager of http://www.metricationmatters.com an internet
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that individuals, groups, companies, and nations use when upgrading to the
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