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The Pint Glass - How Much is Really a Pint of Beer?
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Posted On :
May-23-2010
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Swinging a few pints of lager with the mates? My how British it sounds, doesn't it? Well having a pint is not limited to the geography of Great Britain despite the "pint" itself being an old English unit of volume built on the good old imperial System when the British Empire ruled the earth.
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Swinging a few pints of lager with the mates? My how British it sounds, doesn't it?
Well having a pint is not limited to the geography of Great Britain despite the "pint" itself being an old English unit of volume built on the good old imperial System when the British Empire ruled the earth. Indisputably, the world has a lot to thank Great Britain for, including a fantastic beer culture, including pubs and pint glasses. It is by law that beer is sold in pints in the United Kingdom. How about that?
But did you know that the Europeans drink more than Americans when throwing down a few pints at the pub? The standard European pint glass holds 20 imperial fluid ounces or 568 milliliters while the North American version holds only 16 fluid ounces, or 473 milliliters. Why such a difference? Blame the metric system, or the US system - either way the continents could never agree on a single one and hence the difference. All of Europe moved to the metric system during the 1900's while the US refused.
Pint glasses around the world does still come in a range of alternative variations. In Scotland you can choose between a regular pint, and pint glasses sized after the Scottish pint, which is equal to three imperial pints - that's a whopping 1704 milliliters or 57 ounces of beer! (Yes, that is 0.45 gallons). The Scotsmen know how to drink their beer!
In many parts of Europe, the reference to "a pint" is only valid for beer and lager being sold in bars and clubs - always in a pint glass, while the metric system applies for all other references and sales, for instance in reference to milk or soft drinks at the grocery store.
The Australian Pint glass also comes with a different size and slight modification. When Australia and New Zealand moved to the metric system in the 1970's (and despite being a part of the British commonwealth from the glory days of the British Empire), the pint was rounded from 568 to 600 milliliters for convenience. No standardization here.
The beer in Australia is served according to the following standards: 500 milliliters of beer and 70 milliliters of froth.
Are you getting confused about pint glasses yet? Canadians simply say "a large glass of beer" but simply mean "a pint" while the classic 375 milliliter bottle of liquor sold in the United States is sometimes called "a pint" in the US -the very same bottle size that Europeans refer to as a "a quart".
To heck with all the numbers. Why don't you just make it easy on yourself - stick to ordering just "a pint", no matter where in the world you are, and enjoy a cold beer in a pint glass. The beer will taste good regardless!
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_The Pint Glass - How Much is Really a Pint of Beer?_19742.aspx
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