I looked into it, most places will sell “big” pints which are either 40cl or 50cl (though many craft breweries sell 44cl cans). I couldn’t find an exact reason for the 40cl pints, but apparently they became common in the 90’s due to recession and price increases and such. Beer in restaurants, bars and pubs is quite expensive here in general
TIL that an American pint (500ml) is smaller than a British pint (568ml).
The American pint is actually only 473ml! That’s a half litre bottle.
Then there’s some dodgy measurements going on the side of that can.
Also explains when I’ve been in America and asked for a pint of beer I’ve been given a child’s size glass compared to what I’m used to
Well it says 1.05 pints in the pic though 500ml would be 473 x 1.056 so technically correct but yes definitely on second part.
Ah right, I’m not good at maths so thank you.
47 cl vs. 57 cl, really ?
In Europe, the pint is at an even 50 cl.
An imperial pint is 568ml.
Do they use pints in Europe?
Speaking for NL:
25cl20cl is a “Small Flute” locally (fluitje)50cl25cl is a “Small Vase” (vaasje)If you ask for “A small pilsner” (pilsje) you’d normally get the 25cl or sometimes the 33cl glass of the beer on tap.
I think vaasje is actually 25, maybe 30cl? (certainly not half a liter). fluit is even smaller; 20 perhaps?
You are correct, my bad! Thanks for pointing it out :)
Ireland and the UK use the imperial pint in pubs (568ml). Everything else in Ireland at least is metric for liquids.
There are various regional names for 50cl, but “pint” is common, since it’s quite close.
In France, for beer, it would be a “baron”, while 1l would be a “formidable”.
I suppose each place has such names.
Though in Finland 44cl is very common as well
That’s an interesting one, where does it come from?
I looked into it, most places will sell “big” pints which are either 40cl or 50cl (though many craft breweries sell 44cl cans). I couldn’t find an exact reason for the 40cl pints, but apparently they became common in the 90’s due to recession and price increases and such. Beer in restaurants, bars and pubs is quite expensive here in general
476 mL, or 16 oz
TIL Brits have bigger pints, not just small baby sized shots! Does it balance out?
Yeah it comes up in Canada where restaurants will say “Pint*” to short change us.
Except you can report that and they’ll get punished
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/measurement-canada/en/file-complaint
Pints of draft beer Consider the following:
A pint contains 20 fluid ounces (568 millilitres) in Canada.
What you need before you start
In order to process your complaint, we will require:
That’s why they put as asterisk on it. Then somewhere they say it’s not a real pint.