Post #107905 by Trader Woody on Thu, Aug 12, 2004 4:22 AM

On 2004-08-11 13:02, johntiki wrote:

So that explains why the entire contents of my Guiness cans, brought back from Ireland, don't fit in my American "pint" glasses!

JT, do they overflow, or not make it to to the top? Cans of beer over here aren't pint-size, either. A couple of companies like Stella Artois put out limited runs of proper English imperial pint size cans and they look huge compared to their normal cans!

I got this from a group campaining to get rid of metric measurement (which we're not too keen on in the UK):

"Imperial Upsizing

Producers of lager, ale and cider are switching back to pint can sizes. The "full pint value" label allows producers to outmarket those companies offering consumers less generous metric cans.

Pint cans represent "upsizing" on former metric cans of 500ml and 440ml (which represent only 0.88 pints and 0.77 pints, respectively). The use of the pint adds consistency to can sizes and enables consumers to make informed purchases around a fixed and well-understood point of reference. Metric "milli-unit" labels, on the other hand, fail to produce stable can sizes and offer consumers no meaningful information on quantity."

Trader Woody