That's great. Here in Vancouver, researchers from the Sun found much less reassuring results. Of course, a pint here is an imperial pint, which is 20oz - as God intended.
@1 I was going to say something similar. Especially if you're drinking an English top-brewed beer or an IPA, only an Imperial pint glass is appropriate. And, yes, it is 20 ounces, but they're slightly smaller ounces. It's about 19 of our ounces.
By the way, a real imperial pint glass has an etched line and a little crown.
Yeah, Barboza's "pints" look tiny...Also, whatever else I might think about Dave Meinert's establishments, I have never felt shorted in the booze dept.
Anyone deliberately selling Pints that are less than 16 ounces is committing consumer fraud. We don't need a new law or ordinance to say that a Pint is 16 ounces; it already is.
So if I find a place consistently selling short pints, what's the number to call for enforcement? (And yeah, I'd give them one public shaming/warning.)
Just because the container is 16oz does not mean that the pour is 16oz. The standard Libby's cocktail mixing glass was never intended as a beer glass. A real pint glass is about 18oz with a 16oz fill line. If you want to do a proper test, pour the liquid contents into a graduated cylinder. In Seattle you'll probably get about 13 oz on average. Or, just go get a beer gauge. http://www.thebeergauge.com/
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By the way, a real imperial pint glass has an etched line and a little crown.