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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by mod on Sunday September 25, 2022 @04:33PM (#32975866)
"Pint" varies in the US as well, when ordering a beer. You're just gonna get whatever glass they have.

They'll probably tell you if they know it's not a true pint, but I expect most bartenders have no idea.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by selectodude on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:22PM (#32976411)
A lot of the shittier bars will have glasses that look like pints but only hold 14oz, 12oz of beer 2oz of foam.

The German system where there's a line on the glass that needs to be reached by beer under penalty of law puts a smile on my face.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by jrmg on Sunday September 25, 2022 @04:51PM (#32976069)
A pint in the USA is 16 fluid ounces. In the UK (in the ‘imperial’ system) it is 20. [Technically the fluid ounce is also different in the two systems, but not enough to matter at this scale.]

Some US bars will serve imperial pints on request and/or offer them for British or Irish beers.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by fanf2 on Monday September 26, 2022 @08:05AM (#32982060)
The difference is about 10% which is easily noticeable.

Typically in a British pub you will be served beer in a glass that is calibrated as “pint to brim”, and any head on the beer is taken out of the nominal pint. So usually a pint as served is much closer to half a litre.

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