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