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1 year ago

in How Many Ounces of Beer in that Pint? on Crispy on the Outside
Most bars do go through a lot of glass as part of doing business, but if I was running a pub I'd be mad if I had to replace all of my logo pints to get certified. The problem with allowing certs of existing stock, though, is coming up with an indelible way to mark the glasses with a cert mark... and finding enough state workers (or more expensive contracted workers) to visit every pub and mark every glass that they wanted certified. Watch that beaurocracy get folded into a tax increase on alcohol...

Seems like two things might work:

One, leave it entirely to grass-roots efforts like Beervana's, which would show up on review sites and blogs. Encourage restaurant reviewers to start carrying pint references when they visit pubs. Yelp, Beertown, etc are seen by a lot of enthusiasts, and it would probably have some small effect.

Two, make it one more thing the health inspector can ding you for. And make a profit-pour violation apply not just to the size of the glass, but to how much the bartenders put in it. An 18 oz glass with an inch of head on it is as much a problem as these mini glasses, and should be noted the same way.
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