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Marked Pint Glasses

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  • 13-03-2015 5:01am
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    fritzelly
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    What is the law regarding glasses used for pints in Ireland.
    I was always under the assumption that they had to be marked to the pint point and if no line then the whole glass was a full pint
    In a bar last night and the glass had no markings etc and when I got it it had a very large head (Czech beer...)


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    oblivious
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    fritzelly wrote: »
    What is the law regarding glasses used for pints in Ireland.
    I was always under the assumption that they had to be marked to the pint point and if no line then the whole glass was a full pint
    In a bar last night and the glass had no markings etc and when I got it it had a very large head (Czech beer...)

    You can sell any volume you want as long you display the price per unite (pint, 250ml, 330ml etc)


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    BeerNut
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    fritzelly wrote: »
    What is the law regarding glasses used for pints in Ireland.
    They must hold a pint. That's it. When you're sold a measure of beer you must be given that amount.

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    coylemj
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    If you're buying a specific volume of draught beer, the glass has to be 'stamped' by weights and measures to certify that it's a specific measure. The people who supply the bar trade can sell you unstamped and stamped glasses. If someone ordered a pint bottle of cider with a pint glass of ice, the publican could use an unstamped glass but if someone orders a pint of draught cider, he's obliged to use a stamped glass.


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    BeerNut
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    coylemj wrote: »
    If you're buying a specific volume of draught beer, the glass has to be 'stamped' by weights and measures to certify that it's a specific measure.
    That's certainly not the case in Ireland. I don't think it's even true in the UK either. "Weights and Measures"? Who they?

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    Losty Dublin
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    BeerNut wrote: »
    That's certainly not the case in Ireland. I don't think it's even true in the UK either. "Weights and Measures"? Who they?

    I presume he means the former unit of Revenue who calibrate scales, counting mechanisms and so on. They are a separate body these days, the NSAI.


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    L1011
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    BeerNut wrote: »
    That's certainly not the case in Ireland. I don't think it's even true in the UK either. "Weights and Measures"? Who they?

    Legal Metrology Service of the NSAI.

    They haven't been putting the old mark on pint glasses here for maybe 8 years.


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