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Re: A "pint" of beer
James Silverton said
> the glass marking the same in Scotland? I seem to remember the top of
> the glass being the legal measure: no sucking in the foam thro' your
> mustache :-)
Not sure about Scotland specifically, but in UK its filled to the brim or
to a line marked on the glass. Either.
(Bottles of beer may be any size and are never referred to as "a pint").
"I'm going down the pub for a pint"
"anyone for another pint"
"just a swift half (pint) for me"
"a bottle of (insert name of some fake continental fizz) for me please"
Bottles of things like Theakstons Old Peculier are often thought of as
bottled "real ale", a misnomer, as they are *nearly* all filtered and
gassed (as far as I know).
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James Silverton said
> the glass marking the same in Scotland? I seem to remember the top of
> the glass being the legal measure: no sucking in the foam thro' your
> mustache :-)
Not sure about Scotland specifically, but in UK its filled to the brim or
to a line marked on the glass. Either.
(Bottles of beer may be any size and are never referred to as "a pint").
"I'm going down the pub for a pint"
"anyone for another pint"
"just a swift half (pint) for me"
"a bottle of (insert name of some fake continental fizz) for me please"
Bottles of things like Theakstons Old Peculier are often thought of as
bottled "real ale", a misnomer, as they are *nearly* all filtered and
gassed (as far as I know).
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Re: A "pint" of beer
Mike ............ wrote:
>"I'm going down the pub for a pint"
>"anyone for another pint"
>"just a swift half (pint) for me"
There is no such thing as a swift half... :-)
>
>"a bottle of (insert name of some fake continental fizz) for me please"
>
>Bottles of things like Theakstons Old Peculier are often thought of as
>bottled "real ale", a misnomer, as they are *nearly* all filtered and
>gassed (as far as I know).
You can get real ale in a bottle. The magic words are "bottle
conditioned" where there is live yeast in the bottle often leaving a
sediment requiring careful pouring to leave it in the bottle. Some
examples off the top of my head; Hen's Tooth, Fullers 1845,
Worthington White Shield. Youngs also do a bottle conditioned bitter.
Shepherd Neame's Spitfire used to be available bottle conditioned but
the bottled product is now gassed and filtered. :-(
Bottled ales from Belgium are more often than not bottle conditioned.
Duvel being a prime example that recieves a couple of months cold
conditioning in the bottles at the brewery before they let it out.
All the trappist ales are bottle conditioned and laughingly have best
before dates on them. Some of them age very well indeed. My problem is
that I struggle to keep them in an undrunk state!
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Mike ............ wrote:
>"I'm going down the pub for a pint"
>"anyone for another pint"
>"just a swift half (pint) for me"
There is no such thing as a swift half... :-)
>
>"a bottle of (insert name of some fake continental fizz) for me please"
>
>Bottles of things like Theakstons Old Peculier are often thought of as
>bottled "real ale", a misnomer, as they are *nearly* all filtered and
>gassed (as far as I know).
You can get real ale in a bottle. The magic words are "bottle
conditioned" where there is live yeast in the bottle often leaving a
sediment requiring careful pouring to leave it in the bottle. Some
examples off the top of my head; Hen's Tooth, Fullers 1845,
Worthington White Shield. Youngs also do a bottle conditioned bitter.
Shepherd Neame's Spitfire used to be available bottle conditioned but
the bottled product is now gassed and filtered. :-(
Bottled ales from Belgium are more often than not bottle conditioned.
Duvel being a prime example that recieves a couple of months cold
conditioning in the bottles at the brewery before they let it out.
All the trappist ales are bottle conditioned and laughingly have best
before dates on them. Some of them age very well indeed. My problem is
that I struggle to keep them in an undrunk state!
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
Re: A "pint" of beer
Phil Cook said
> You can get real ale in a bottle. The magic words are "bottle
> conditioned" where there is live yeast in the bottle often leaving a
> sediment requiring careful pouring to leave it in the bottle. Some
> examples off the top of my head; Hen's Tooth, Fullers 1845,
> Worthington White Shield. Youngs also do a bottle conditioned bitter.
> Shepherd Neame's Spitfire used to be available bottle conditioned but
> the bottled product is now gassed and filtered. :-(
yes, i agree you can, but the *majority* of bottled "real ale" isnt real
ale. Guinless used to be once.
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Phil Cook said
> You can get real ale in a bottle. The magic words are "bottle
> conditioned" where there is live yeast in the bottle often leaving a
> sediment requiring careful pouring to leave it in the bottle. Some
> examples off the top of my head; Hen's Tooth, Fullers 1845,
> Worthington White Shield. Youngs also do a bottle conditioned bitter.
> Shepherd Neame's Spitfire used to be available bottle conditioned but
> the bottled product is now gassed and filtered. :-(
yes, i agree you can, but the *majority* of bottled "real ale" isnt real
ale. Guinless used to be once.
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Re: A "pint" of beer
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:59:04 GMT, "Graham" <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@verizon,net > wrote in message
>news:g7sr07$hc1$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> Hello All!
>>
>> I just read an article in a popular science magazine from Britain,
>> "Chemistry World", where it was stated "Little beats a cool, crisp pint of
>> beer on a hot summer's day". I thoroughly agree with that sentiment but
>> the article was illustrated by a picture of beer in the usual 12oz bottle.
>> Is "pint" just a name for a glass of beer in Britain or does it commonly
>> come in 20oz (British pint) bottles? I suspect that the use of "pint" for
>> a glassful is common in Ireland too and I'm aware that the British and
>> American fl ozs are very slightly different.
>>
>> --
>I think that when you "go for a pint" it is not only 20floz but it also
>tends to imply that it will be draught beer.
>Here, in Calgary, a pint is sometimes the Imp 20floz but some bars use the
>US 16floz pint glasses.
>Graham
A pint of beer in the UK *has* to be a pint of beer - 1pint/20floz/568ml
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:59:04 GMT, "Graham" <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@verizon,net > wrote in message
>news:g7sr07$hc1$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> Hello All!
>>
>> I just read an article in a popular science magazine from Britain,
>> "Chemistry World", where it was stated "Little beats a cool, crisp pint of
>> beer on a hot summer's day". I thoroughly agree with that sentiment but
>> the article was illustrated by a picture of beer in the usual 12oz bottle.
>> Is "pint" just a name for a glass of beer in Britain or does it commonly
>> come in 20oz (British pint) bottles? I suspect that the use of "pint" for
>> a glassful is common in Ireland too and I'm aware that the British and
>> American fl ozs are very slightly different.
>>
>> --
>I think that when you "go for a pint" it is not only 20floz but it also
>tends to imply that it will be draught beer.
>Here, in Calgary, a pint is sometimes the Imp 20floz but some bars use the
>US 16floz pint glasses.
>Graham
A pint of beer in the UK *has* to be a pint of beer - 1pint/20floz/568ml
Re: A "pint" of beer
Corey Richardson wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:59:04 GMT, "Graham" <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>>"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@verizon,net > wrote in message
>>news:g7sr07$hc1$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>> Hello All!
>>>
>>> I just read an article in a popular science magazine from Britain,
>>> "Chemistry World", where it was stated "Little beats a cool, crisp pint of
>>> beer on a hot summer's day". I thoroughly agree with that sentiment but
>>> the article was illustrated by a picture of beer in the usual 12oz bottle.
>>> Is "pint" just a name for a glass of beer in Britain or does it commonly
>>> come in 20oz (British pint) bottles?
>>I think that when you "go for a pint" it is not only 20floz but it also
>>tends to imply that it will be draught beer.
>>Here, in Calgary, a pint is sometimes the Imp 20floz but some bars use the
>>US 16floz pint glasses.
>
>A pint of beer in the UK *has* to be a pint of beer - 1pint/20floz/568ml
Beer is sold in pints and halves.
Spirits used to be sold in fractions of a gill (a sixth or a fifth of
a gill which itself is a quarter of a pint) but now are sold in either
25 or 35 millilitre measures.
Wine when not sold by the bottle comes in small, medium and large
glasses. 125ml, 175ml and 250ml respectively.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
Corey Richardson wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:59:04 GMT, "Graham" <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>>"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@verizon,net > wrote in message
>>news:g7sr07$hc1$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>> Hello All!
>>>
>>> I just read an article in a popular science magazine from Britain,
>>> "Chemistry World", where it was stated "Little beats a cool, crisp pint of
>>> beer on a hot summer's day". I thoroughly agree with that sentiment but
>>> the article was illustrated by a picture of beer in the usual 12oz bottle.
>>> Is "pint" just a name for a glass of beer in Britain or does it commonly
>>> come in 20oz (British pint) bottles?
>>I think that when you "go for a pint" it is not only 20floz but it also
>>tends to imply that it will be draught beer.
>>Here, in Calgary, a pint is sometimes the Imp 20floz but some bars use the
>>US 16floz pint glasses.
>
>A pint of beer in the UK *has* to be a pint of beer - 1pint/20floz/568ml
Beer is sold in pints and halves.
Spirits used to be sold in fractions of a gill (a sixth or a fifth of
a gill which itself is a quarter of a pint) but now are sold in either
25 or 35 millilitre measures.
Wine when not sold by the bottle comes in small, medium and large
glasses. 125ml, 175ml and 250ml respectively.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
Re: A "pint" of beer
On 12 Aug, 22:05, Corey Richardson <C.Richard...@bugmenot,com > wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:59:04 GMT, "Graham" <g.ste...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> >"James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...@verizon,net > wrote in message
> >news:g7sr07$hc1$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> >> Hello All!
>
> >> I just read an article in a popular science magazine from Britain,
> >> "Chemistry World", where it was stated "Little beats a cool, crisp pint of
> >> beer on a hot summer's day". I thoroughly agree with that sentiment but
> >> the article was illustrated by a picture of beer in the usual 12oz bottle.
> >> Is "pint" just a name for a glass of beer in Britain or does it commonly
> >> come in 20oz (British pint) bottles? I suspect that the use of "pint" for
> >> a glassful is common in Ireland too and I'm aware that the British and
> >> American fl ozs are very slightly different.
>
> >> --
> >I think that when you "go for a pint" it is not only 20floz but it also
> >tends to imply that it will be draught beer.
> >Here, in Calgary, a pint is sometimes the Imp 20floz but some bars use the
> >US 16floz pint glasses.
> >Graham
>
> A pint of beer in the UK *has* to be a pint of beer - 1pint/20floz/568ml
well, that depends :~) my guess is that c90% of pub beer glasses are
brim-ful pints, so if there's any foam showing below the brim, then
you've not got a full pint.
On the point mentioned above, about whether govt should intervene more
in defining & imposing the definition of a pint, one of Tony Blair's
election promises was indeed a guarantee to make a pint truly a pint -
he's gone & we've still got pub co.s getting 80pints out of a 72pint
cask, etc!
Cheers
MikeMcG
On 12 Aug, 22:05, Corey Richardson <C.Richard...@bugmenot,com > wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:59:04 GMT, "Graham" <g.ste...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> >"James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...@verizon,net > wrote in message
> >news:g7sr07$hc1$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> >> Hello All!
>
> >> I just read an article in a popular science magazine from Britain,
> >> "Chemistry World", where it was stated "Little beats a cool, crisp pint of
> >> beer on a hot summer's day". I thoroughly agree with that sentiment but
> >> the article was illustrated by a picture of beer in the usual 12oz bottle.
> >> Is "pint" just a name for a glass of beer in Britain or does it commonly
> >> come in 20oz (British pint) bottles? I suspect that the use of "pint" for
> >> a glassful is common in Ireland too and I'm aware that the British and
> >> American fl ozs are very slightly different.
>
> >> --
> >I think that when you "go for a pint" it is not only 20floz but it also
> >tends to imply that it will be draught beer.
> >Here, in Calgary, a pint is sometimes the Imp 20floz but some bars use the
> >US 16floz pint glasses.
> >Graham
>
> A pint of beer in the UK *has* to be a pint of beer - 1pint/20floz/568ml
well, that depends :~) my guess is that c90% of pub beer glasses are
brim-ful pints, so if there's any foam showing below the brim, then
you've not got a full pint.
On the point mentioned above, about whether govt should intervene more
in defining & imposing the definition of a pint, one of Tony Blair's
election promises was indeed a guarantee to make a pint truly a pint -
he's gone & we've still got pub co.s getting 80pints out of a 72pint
cask, etc!
Cheers
MikeMcG
