BC drinkers getting ripped off on pints.
Jul 22nd 2014, 1:59 am
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Re: BC drinkers getting ripped off on pints.
From the article
The Sun also discovered then that B.C.’s Liquor Control and Licensing Branch stipulated that individual servings of draft beer could not exceed 500 millilitres or 17.5 ounces — effectively legislating a legal pint out of existence in B.C.
So why offer a pint (20 ozs) if you can't legally sell one.
The Sun also discovered then that B.C.’s Liquor Control and Licensing Branch stipulated that individual servings of draft beer could not exceed 500 millilitres or 17.5 ounces — effectively legislating a legal pint out of existence in B.C.
So why offer a pint (20 ozs) if you can't legally sell one.
Jul 22nd 2014, 11:09 am
#17
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Re: BC drinkers getting ripped off on pints.
Those were indeed the days. Got outlawed when elf n safety got involved and you had to use a fresh glass every time. No spreading of germs lol. Think that was in the late 80s. Sucked!!
Jul 24th 2014, 3:51 am
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Re: BC drinkers getting ripped off on pints.
In North America it's US pints and gallons (473ml and 3785ml)
In Blightey it's Imperial pints and gallons (568ml and 4546ml)
Same is true with gas/petrol, I'm sure it's America's fault somehow.
There's lots of weird ass laws in the UK with alcohol sales. Like how much head you're allowed to put on a pint, not serving working prostitutes (never did find out if you could serve them on their lunch break). Also pints/half glasses in the UK are legally required to have a certain crest/stamp on they to show they are "proper", certain spirits can only ever be sold in 25ml measures but other spirits can be whatever.
Ontario's licensing laws are just as weird in different ways, the whole LCBO and "Beer Store" system is pretty bizarre. Also the drinking age is 19, which seems a strange number to choose.
In Blightey it's Imperial pints and gallons (568ml and 4546ml)
Same is true with gas/petrol, I'm sure it's America's fault somehow.
There's lots of weird ass laws in the UK with alcohol sales. Like how much head you're allowed to put on a pint, not serving working prostitutes (never did find out if you could serve them on their lunch break). Also pints/half glasses in the UK are legally required to have a certain crest/stamp on they to show they are "proper", certain spirits can only ever be sold in 25ml measures but other spirits can be whatever.
Ontario's licensing laws are just as weird in different ways, the whole LCBO and "Beer Store" system is pretty bizarre. Also the drinking age is 19, which seems a strange number to choose.
Last edited by DanielM; Jul 24th 2014 at 3:54 am.
Jul 25th 2014, 8:52 am
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Re: BC drinkers getting ripped off on pints.
In North America it's US pints and gallons (473ml and 3785ml)
In Blightey it's Imperial pints and gallons (568ml and 4546ml)
Same is true with gas/petrol, I'm sure it's America's fault somehow.
There's lots of weird ass laws in the UK with alcohol sales. Like how much head you're allowed to put on a pint, not serving working prostitutes (never did find out if you could serve them on their lunch break). Also pints/half glasses in the UK are legally required to have a certain crest/stamp on they to show they are "proper", certain spirits can only ever be sold in 25ml measures but other spirits can be whatever.
Ontario's licensing laws are just as weird in different ways, the whole LCBO and "Beer Store" system is pretty bizarre. Also the drinking age is 19, which seems a strange number to choose.
In Blightey it's Imperial pints and gallons (568ml and 4546ml)
Same is true with gas/petrol, I'm sure it's America's fault somehow.
There's lots of weird ass laws in the UK with alcohol sales. Like how much head you're allowed to put on a pint, not serving working prostitutes (never did find out if you could serve them on their lunch break). Also pints/half glasses in the UK are legally required to have a certain crest/stamp on they to show they are "proper", certain spirits can only ever be sold in 25ml measures but other spirits can be whatever.
Ontario's licensing laws are just as weird in different ways, the whole LCBO and "Beer Store" system is pretty bizarre. Also the drinking age is 19, which seems a strange number to choose.
What on earth is weird about regulating the liquid volume sold? Especially when the more avid a consumer is of the product the less likely he would be to notice were he to be ripped off.
Jul 26th 2014, 1:50 pm
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Re: BC drinkers getting ripped off on pints.
There's also the regular "proper" pint glasses I mentioned, but the best glasses are oversized so you get a pint of beer and a head on top of that. You hardly ever see them anymore though.
Jul 26th 2014, 2:03 pm
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Re: BC drinkers getting ripped off on pints.
