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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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