In our weekly series of things that are better in the ACT than in NSW I’d like to present the widespread availability of the pint glass.
Real men drink pints. Interesting women drink pints too.
People who do not drink pints are probably either perverts or prudes but who would want to spend the time talking to them to find out?
Personally I’d suggest we steal the schooner’s beautiful name, apply it to the more elegant pint glass, and have the best of both worlds.
You know it makes sense.
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As a resident beer afficionado, whenever I get asked which size glass I’d like – a simple response of “I’m not scared of beer” generally sways them towards whichever glass size is the biggest they have on range.
As for the measurements – what are you going to do if you don’t get the full 568.26125ml ? Go to another pub ?
Lets face it, you’ll either order a big glass or a small glass (not too many pubs have the tenacity/wherewithal to offer a single size option anymore), and you’ll drink whatever you get handed.
As for me, they could give it to me in a jam jar and I’d simply think that it was kind of cool.
As for the pictured pint of ‘orange whip’ in a GUINNESS Pint glass – the pub should have served it in a golfball pint glass, and kept the stylie ones for the guinness.
Thumper said :
Doesn’t matter what name they have, all the others sizes are based on imperial messurements. So it is a folly to say pints are the only one that is an imperial size.
toriness said :
um, (I am realy not wanting to know, morbid curiosity and all that) why do you have skinned knees?
too many pints yesterday afternoon for me, they were my undoing. i haven’t had such badly skinned knees since i was in primary school! maybe if i’d been downing schooners instead i would be a-ok today 🙁
“Poofs”? that is a bit rich coming from you ant.
Those Pots are thimbles, Vic was always very frustrating in that regard. I like bars when you order “a beer” you get a schooie. And pints are for poofs, if you’re feeling serious, your beer needs a handle and it comes in a jug.
http://www.australianbeers.com/pubs/ordering/ordering.htm
As a girl who has drank many a pint (usually guinness), I prefer those to schooners. And don’t even get me started on pots, when i go to victoria and forced to order a “pot of beer” i feel like banging my head against the bar.
Its just so very wrong.
How ’bout we round them up to 560ml with a bit more of a head ?
“I’ll just have a 558.2615 for the road. Actually, I’ve ‘ad a couple. Make it a 284.130625, fank you, bar keep!'”
I was thinking, ‘just put a few schooners of oil in her thanks’ 😉
Um, you might want to look up ‘imperial measurements’ in your Funk and Wagnalls, PP.
While you’re there, have a quick shufty of the meaning of the word ‘retarded’ and why it really shouldn’t be used to describe anything that doesn’t seem quite right.
That sounds very retarded. Surely it to the nearest 5ml?
BTW, according to wonkypedia, a pint is “568.26125 millilitres (exactly)”.
Good point. Could you see this catching on? ‘Giv’us a 425 of Old, thanks guv’nor!’
JC
Fool!
It’s called a pint.
I don’t recall a measurement called a schooner or a middie.
I’m certain it’s not 600ml. I used to think it was though.
I always thought 600mls worth of liquid gold, so to make sure I checked one of my octoberfest stiens and I can get a bit over 600mls
Damn! I learnt the answer for my RSA exam(s) then promptly forgot as I almost exclusively work at can bars when I’m serving behind a bar. Had to look it up. It’s less than that.
I will play Devil’s Advocate and challenge everyone to state how many ml they think is in a pint. The variety of answers will surprise you.
I think it’s 585ml? Yes??