Comments on: How Big are Your Pints?

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How to Measure Missing Beer | truecask.com — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:33:08 +0000

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By: ilikemybeers

ilikemybeers — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:35:07 +0000

I grew up in the times of the Plimsoll Line (before pints were even thought of). Once the head settled it had to be at least on the line. That was “back in the days” when one could not even stand with a glass in the hand. Wanted to change tables, the waiter had to move your beer

By: cbjerrisgaard

cbjerrisgaard — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:04:57 +0000

That is a shame, but at the same time nice to see that CAMRA has tried, and partially succeeded. Although things have reverted back maybe the article by the Sun will help bring it into the light again.

At least there is an organization out there trying to expand the love and support for craft beer here in BC. We need more people interested in this topic and I think you guys are doing a great job of that. Hopefully we’ll be able to discuss this in further detail at the craft crawl on Saturday.

Cheers,

By: Rick Green

Rick Green — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:57:48 +0000

In the late nineties, CAMRA campaigned to get a legal pint and for all glasses to be standardized at a pint (or a half pint). CAMRA Victoria’s John Rowling met several times with the B.C. government’s Industry Compliance Officer. His verbal replies were that it would not be fair to require all pubs restaurants, etc., to change their glassware, and that, even if a change was made, there would not be enough staff in the province to enforce such a regulation. CAMRA noted that most bars could phase in the new glassware as breakages cause a thirty percent turnover in glasses annually. CAMRA then asked that at least the price and volume be prominently posted in establishments, and that it would then be up to the customers to figure it out for themselves.

CAMRA was successful in this and for a while it worked fine, but of course not everyone complied. And with no enforcement, it has gone back to the way it was. Under the current regime in Victoria, one can expect the lack of enforcement to continue.

By: cbjerrisgaard

cbjerrisgaard — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:12:04 +0000

Could not agree more. Very strange and a bit disconcerting. Clearly its some archaic law that has long since passed its use by date. I guess we’re stuck with it for now, but hopefully the article will cause enough of a stir that it will be stricken from the law books.

By: ilikemybeers

ilikemybeers — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:13:46 +0000

Besides your excellent points on BC brews I find it interesting on how they contradict some of the Canadian Federal laws. One of these laws besides stating a pint HAS to be 20oz it dictates the actual size of the head. Not followed here?