Beware of bars that use 14oz glasses that look like pint size glasses (Pic)

[JEDI]

At left, 12 ounce beer bottle poured into a 16-ounce glass; at right, 12 ounces of beer in a 14-ounce "pint."
Note the thicker base on the right.

For every seven 14-ounce beers that that bar sold, it was adding one more full beer of pure profit, increasing their profit on draft beer by 14 percent.

 

[lxskllr]

Does "pint" have a legal definition in the restaurant industry? If not, it should. That's outright theft if they're advertising it as a pint.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

It's freaking Corona. 2 fewer ounces is a good thing.

 

[rcpratt]

Does "pint" have a legal definition in the restaurant industry? If not, it should. That's outright theft if they're advertising it as a pint.

It's certainly not regulated. Maybe we need to go euro-style and put lines on all our glasses.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I don't know of a single bar around me that uses anything but a 14oz pint glass, although many of the so-called beer bars have other glasses for the various beer styles.

Many of the local bars also use their pint glasses for tall cocktail glasses, for which they're much too large. A single tall gin and tonic, rum and Coke, or whiskey and ginger ale tastes pretty weak in such a big glass, so the bars tend to overpour their mixed drinks, often substantially.

Shot glasses are another one. Many are barely 1oz. The bar I usually go to has 2oz shot glasses (because the owner thinks they look cool) that the bartenders aren't supposed to fully fill, yet they still do.

 

[HeXen]

buy bottles from the store = win

 

[TallBill]

It's not a scam if it's a well known fact. We're not Europe,we don't use pints. There is no standardized American beer glass.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

It's not a scam if it's a well known fact. We're not Europe,we don't use pints. There is no standardized American beer glass.

Unless they advertise it as such.

Draft beer - $3

Pint of Draft beer - $3


First case the glass can be any size, second case it has to be a pint. I just find it hard to believe that a bar would try to sell a "pint" of beer if they're pouring into a 14oz glass. They'd just sell it as a "draft" rather than a "pint". OP has his panties in a bunch over nothing. I've seen drafts served in 50 different sized glasses, they're not trying to fool anyone.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Unless they advertise it as such.

Draft beer - $3

Pint of Draft beer - $3


First case the glass can be any size, second case it has to be a pint. I just find it hard to believe that a bar would try to sell a "pint" of beer if they're pouring into a 14oz glass. They'd just sell it as a "draft" rather than a "pint". OP has his panties in a bunch over nothing. I've seen drafts served in 50 different sized glasses, they're not trying to fool anyone.

$3???!!

I'll take 14 ounces of draft beer for $3. Give me 3 actually.

 

[child of wonder]

Pint = 16 fluid ounces

If the beer is called a "pint" then it must be 16 fluid ounces of beer. Could a bar sell a "gallon" glass of beer and put it in a shot glass?

Call it a pint I better have a fucking pint of beer in my glass.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

$3???!!

I'll take 14 ounces of draft beer for $3. Give me 3 actually.

Me too, as long as it's not Corona, Bud, Miller, Pabst, Coors, Michelob, well, you get the idea.

 

[Carson Dyle]

$3???!!

I'll take 14 ounces of draft beer for $3. Give me 3 actually.

Really? $3 is typical happy hour pricing for micro drafts around here. That's one nice thing about living in a beer mecca - even the dives and the blue collar bars have several good micros on tap at a reasonable price.

If you take a look at the photos above showing a 12oz bottle poured into the 14oz pint glass, you can see that a typical pour with a small head is only about 12oz. With a more typical, taller head it will be less.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

$3???!!

I'll take 14 ounces of draft beer for $3. Give me 3 actually.

If you're paying more than that for a draft you're drinking in the wrong places. Get out of the pretentious fern bars and find a real bar. $3 is a perfectly reasonable price for a domestic draft beer special and you can find it even cheaper during happy hour with free snacks. There's at least one local bar that sells Pabst drafts for $1 Monday and Tuesday happy hour.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

If you're paying more than that for a draft you're drinking in the wrong places. Get out of the pretentious fern bars and find a real bar. $3 is a perfectly reasonable price for a domestic draft beer special and you can find it even cheaper during happy hour with free snacks. There's at least one local bar that sells Pabst drafts for $1 Monday and Tuesday happy hour.

If by "drinking in the wrong places" you mean outside the major beer producing States, I agree. OTOH, I used to live down the street from Nimbus brewery and refused to buy their beer even though they have some very good offerings because, they charge import prices for beer brewed on the premises due to greed and Arizona's bizarre bottling and distribution laws. The problem with $1 beer specials and happy hour pricing is you're still drinking Pabst.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

If by "drinking in the wrong places" you mean outside the major beer producing States, I agree. OTOH, I used to live down the street from Nimbus brewery and refused to buy their beer even though they have some very good offerings because, they charge import prices for beer brewed on the premises due to greed and Arizona's bizarre bottling and distribution laws. The problem with $1 beer specials and happy hour pricing is you're still drinking Pabst.

And any bar that is serving Pabst for $1 probably has something more palatable for $3. Anyone that is whining about not being able to find draft specials for $3 is blind or stupid, likely both.

 

[MongGrel]

I keep planning on getting a case of 24 of these for the house and have put it off, pretty good for the price it looks.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002RC862I/...I27WKRZ9L8IJCN

I need some decent pint glasses, and have a few Anchor Hocking bowls that are great.

Bit off subject, but it brought it to mind.

Actually, I'm going to buy a case right now.

 

[TallBill]

Why would you need 24 beer glasses? Seems excessive

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I keep planning on getting a case of 24 of these for the house and have put it off, pretty good for the price it looks.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002RC862I/...I27WKRZ9L8IJCN

I need some decent pint glasses, and have a few Anchor Hocking bowls that are great.

Bit off subject, but it brought it to mind.

Actually, I'm going to buy a case right now.

I have those. They're great. Cheap, and you can slam a Boston shaker over the top without worrying that the glass is going to break as you're shaking a drink in it. I don't know that I'd ever need 24 of them, but at that price...

 

[Carson Dyle]

I have those. They're great. Cheap, and you can slam a Boston shaker over the top without worrying that the glass is going to break as you're shaking a drink in it. I don't know that I'd ever need 24 of them, but at that price...

Right. They're mixing glasses. A 12 oz bottle of beer poured into one of those things is going to be a little sad looking.

Maybe he breaks a lot glassware when he gets drunk.

 

[videogames101]

If by "drinking in the wrong places" you mean outside the major beer producing States, I agree. OTOH, I used to live down the street from Nimbus brewery and refused to buy their beer even though they have some very good offerings because, they charge import prices for beer brewed on the premises due to greed and Arizona's bizarre bottling and distribution laws. The problem with $1 beer specials and happy hour pricing is you're still drinking Pabst.

PBR won a blue ribbon you know.

 

[Paratus]

Right. They're mixing glasses. A 12 oz bottle of beer poured into one of those things is going to be a little sad looking.

Maybe he breaks a lot glassware when he gets drunk.

 

[DrPizza]

$3???!!

I'll take 14 ounces of draft beer for $3. Give me 3 actually.

Once again, I like my neck of the woods. Tuesdays: Wing night & dollar drafts. If we go out for wings, I usually get Stella. (I can't remember all the choices; I think Amber Bock is one, of course Bud & Bud light, and 1 or 2 others.) I don't go out to bars very often, but I can't recall ever paying $3 for a draft. Usually $2, or $2.50 at the most. Heck, draft is generally cheaper than bottles - bottles aren't even $3 around here. That would be $72/case of beer.

 

[MongGrel]

I have those. They're great. Cheap, and you can slam a Boston shaker over the top without worrying that the glass is going to break as you're shaking a drink in it. I don't know that I'd ever need 24 of them, but at that price...

I have enough crappy glasses in the house.

Probably will put half of em out, and never buy a glass again more or less was my thought.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

We had all ready bought a lot of clear Pyrex flat wear, and storage/cooking bowls lately for the kitchen, glasses where the one thing that was lacking.

Why would you need 24 beer glasses? Seems excessive

Not just for beer, pretty much anything.

 

[shortylickens]

If they call it a pint it needs to be a pint. If they call it a glass or "a beer" then you get what you get. Keep in mind if you actually kept track of the price of beer per pint you'd probably realize its better to drink tap water from your house.

 

[waggy]

And any bar that is serving Pabst for $1 probably has something more palatable for $3. Anyone that is whining about not being able to find draft specials for $3 is blind or stupid, likely both.

sadly the bars around me are getting taken over by hipster college kids. the drafts have gone from $3 to $7.

Only one place is still damn cheap. Its a rough country bar. but the bear is $1 for a 10 once beer. $1.50 for specialty drafts. they have ping pong, shuffleboard, and like 6 pool tables. I love going in and playing ping pong or the shuffleboard while drinking.

also not uncommon to just get a drink baught for you if talk to people. lots of farmers and such in it.