Amount of beer in a pint in Canada
I saw an article in the Toronto Star yesterday:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/09 ... e_law.html
[QUOTE]The federal government is cracking down on bars that advertise a pint of beer but fail to pour a full 20 ounces of suds — and most of those tested by the Star are coming up short.
Of the 15 downtown Toronto establishments the Star visited, only three poured a full 20 ounces (the official size of an imperial pint) of draught beer. Several came close, at around 18 ounces, while others were as much as six ounces off. [/QUOTE]
And there was a similar article a couple of months ago in the National Post:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/07/18 ... obe-finds/
[QUOTE]A pint-sized ripoff is costing thirsty B.C. beer drinkers tens of millions of dollars annually.
A Vancouver Sun investigation of 15 pubs and bars in the city claiming to be selling “pints” of beer found that nine of the establishments — or 60 per cent — failed to pour at or near the legal requirement of 20 Imperial ounces.
The average pint purchased by The Sun cost $6.19 and the average serving size was just 17.5 ounces, equal to an overcharging of 77 cents.[/QUOTE]
I rarely order beer at restaurants, but sometimes buy the 500 ml cans to drink at home. I pour the cans into "pint glasses" I have bought over the years. I have found that these glasses hold roughly 1.5 bottles of beer; since a beer bottle holds 12 oz., I always assumed a pint was 18 oz. I also assumed the pint glasses in my home are the same as I see in restaurant - i.e. they are all made to hold the same volume, even if the shape may vary.
Again, this does not affect me much since I rarely order a pint in a restaurant, but would be interested to hear what people have to say about this "scandal" which the news media has unearthed. If you ordered a pint and got 14 oz. of beer, would you file a complaint?
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/09 ... e_law.html
[QUOTE]The federal government is cracking down on bars that advertise a pint of beer but fail to pour a full 20 ounces of suds — and most of those tested by the Star are coming up short.
Of the 15 downtown Toronto establishments the Star visited, only three poured a full 20 ounces (the official size of an imperial pint) of draught beer. Several came close, at around 18 ounces, while others were as much as six ounces off. [/QUOTE]
And there was a similar article a couple of months ago in the National Post:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/07/18 ... obe-finds/
[QUOTE]A pint-sized ripoff is costing thirsty B.C. beer drinkers tens of millions of dollars annually.
A Vancouver Sun investigation of 15 pubs and bars in the city claiming to be selling “pints” of beer found that nine of the establishments — or 60 per cent — failed to pour at or near the legal requirement of 20 Imperial ounces.
The average pint purchased by The Sun cost $6.19 and the average serving size was just 17.5 ounces, equal to an overcharging of 77 cents.[/QUOTE]
I rarely order beer at restaurants, but sometimes buy the 500 ml cans to drink at home. I pour the cans into "pint glasses" I have bought over the years. I have found that these glasses hold roughly 1.5 bottles of beer; since a beer bottle holds 12 oz., I always assumed a pint was 18 oz. I also assumed the pint glasses in my home are the same as I see in restaurant - i.e. they are all made to hold the same volume, even if the shape may vary.
Again, this does not affect me much since I rarely order a pint in a restaurant, but would be interested to hear what people have to say about this "scandal" which the news media has unearthed. If you ordered a pint and got 14 oz. of beer, would you file a complaint?