What grinds my gears

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Message JK beers 7296 º places 442 º 15:38 Fri 8/1/2014 For the second time this week, I am at a tap room. I look at the menu board and it says "Pints $5." Upon seeing this, I think, $5 is reasonable, I would like one these beers." Upon ordering said beer, I am given a pretty glass that is definitely not 16 gd ounces. Is this becoming a thing, to lie to us? Can you imagine going to the gas station, being sold less than one gallon for the price of a gallon, and no one complaining? The Queen had to put a mark on her glasses to prevent this.
Message Guerde beers 1297 º places 9 º 15:45 Fri 8/1/2014 Originally posted by JK For the second time this week, I am at a tap room. I look at the menu board and it says "Pints $5." Upon seeing this, I think, $5 is reasonable, I think, "I would like one these beers." Upon ordering said beer, I am given a pretty glass that is definitely not 16 gd ounces. Is this becoming a thing, to lie to us? Can you imagine going to the gas station, being sold less than one gallon for the price of a gallon, and no one complaining? The Queen had to put a mark on her glasses to prevent this. Thanks, Obama?
Message CLevar places 23 º 15:55 Fri 8/1/2014 Unfortunately, "a pint" no longer means "16 oz of beer".
Message Atom beers 3303 º places 229 º 16:02 Fri 8/1/2014 I noticed the same thing at a newer establishment. I almost said something, guess I should have.

Message joet P admin beers 2900 º places 125 º 16:49 Fri 8/1/2014 This has already become a thing. I expect a pint to mean "a glass of beer". A "pint" locally means 12-14 fluid ounces.
Message joet P admin beers 2900 º places 125 º 16:51 Fri 8/1/2014 of course carrying a graduated cylinder around and taking a pic of the serving poured into it, is a pretty aggressive but effective way of countering this nonsense.
Message CLevar places 23 º 16:58 Fri 8/1/2014 Originally posted by joet of course carrying a graduated cylinder around and taking a pic of the serving poured into it, is a pretty aggressive but effective way of countering this nonsense. There were some credit card sized measuring things floating around a while back...essentially, if you were given beer in a standard shaker glass, you held up to the edge to see how much beer you were actually given. Effective, but perhaps make you look like a D-Bag.
Message CLevar places 23 º 17:01 Fri 8/1/2014 For example: http://gadgetsaplenty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/beer-gauge.jpg

Message nuplastikk P beers 9843 º places 73 º 17:11 Fri 8/1/2014 I see a lot of 16oz curvy glasses filled with about 12-13 oz pours at newish breweries. Considering beers prices are rising, you’d like to believe that better defined glassware will follow. Probably not.
Message TheHOFF43 P beers 2045 º places 169 º 17:36 Fri 8/1/2014 I don’t worry much about how many ounces I actually get. Bauhaus has some weird glasses that looked smaller than a 16oz shaker but when poured into a 16ozer filles up more than I anticipated. Was it 16oz? I dont know and don’t care.
Message TheHOFF43 P beers 2045 º places 169 º 17:39 Fri 8/1/2014 I guess this is the same theory as to why I don’t care if a store is $1 more per 6 pack.