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Price of a half pint of beer.

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    #32
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    Haha, I was going to post something similar :)


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    #33
    rubadub
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    minidazzler wrote: »
    In all the places I've worked and drank in where I've witnessed people getting "half-pints" The glasses used were either slim jims or similar sized glasses which are generally 8oz.
    I have never seen this, whenever I get a 500ml bottle I always ask for a small glass, and am usually given a half pint glass. I have never gotten an 8oz one as it would take a few pours from the bottle, I usually get 2 pours into a half pint with head room

    8 UK fluid oz is only 227mL, half pint is 284ml, 227ml is very small, surely you got complaints in these pubs you worked in?

    Look at the glasses here, I could not imagine anybody attempting to serve up a beer in any of the glasses below 284ml
    http://www.nisbets.ie/4/Tableware-and-Bar-Supplies-Glassware-Hi-Balls-and-Tumblers-Olympia-Hi-Balls-and-Tumblers/c04c01c04c05.r10.1


    minidazzler wrote: »
    I've never measured but I know for sure they are not a half pint and when I go in tomorrow I'll measure.

    Even the Heineken branded "half" pint glasses seem very very small to me
    This sounds like you might just think they are all small, like people seem to be terrible judges of how much shorter wider plastic glasses hold.


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    #34
    Big Nasty
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    ted1 wrote: »
    A half pint is 300ml

    Lol! :D

    By the way if you think a half pint of beer is expensive have a look at a half pan of bread. About 10c cheaper than a full pan. :eek:


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    #35
    Geuze
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    ted1 wrote: »
    A half pint is 300ml


    Pint is 568ml.

    Half pint is 284ml.


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    #36
    rubadub
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    Big Nasty wrote: »
    have a look at a half pan of bread. About 10c cheaper than a full pan. :eek:
    This is a bit different as economies of scale come into effect with packaging etc. Just like how larger bottles of beer or spirits are quite often more expensive per ml than the smaller bottles of the same brand.

    Of course they are probably taking advantage too and making a higher margin on the small bread. Some products really take the piss, like soft drinks, or bars sold singly vs mulitpacks. I don't think I have bought a bar singly in over 10 years now, I just couldn't bring myself to do it!


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