I guess I was wondering why the glass isn't sized to allow a 500 mL bottle of 
beer to be poured in, i.e., with enough "headroom" for the head. No big deal, 
just curious. 

Jim 


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From: "Brian J White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> 
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 2:10:12 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver 
Subject: [USMA:39488] Re: Metric beer glass 

Gotta leave 100 mL for the head? That'd be my guess.... 

At 09:52 2007-09-30, Jim Elwell wrote: 
>Picked up the glass in the picture in Gunnison, Colorado. New 
>Belgium makes "Fat Tire Ale," amongst others. 
>(http://newbelgium.com/index.php) 
> 
>The 0.4 L graduation is as accurate as I can measure it with a 
>graduated cylinder. 
> 
>Wonder why 400 mL is marked (versus, say 500 mL). 
> 
>Jim 
> 
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