When a pint’s not a pint, say so

Society of Beer Advocates (SOBA) Inc.

Friday, 29 April 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 Malda Grove

Khandallah

Wellington

http://www.soba.org.nz
Play fair for Rugby fans

When a pint’s not a pint, say so.

As thirsty rugby fans from the northern hemisphere land in New Zealand later this year one of the first thoughts on their minds will be ‘let’s have a pint’. Except they can’t.

New Zealand bars don’t serve pints, serving beer in millilitres instead. An Imperial pint is around 568 ml, but New Zealand bars legitimately sell ‘large drinks’ of anywhere between 400 ml and 560 ml.

It is not hard to imagine the looks on Scots, Irish, English and other visiting fans when they discover the ‘pint’ they’ve just bought is 30% less than they expected.

Whilst SOBA thinks legislating all bar owners to serve beer in the same sized glasses is a not a good idea, we do think clearly publishing the glass size next to price of the beer will go a long way to heading off any disgruntlement from our visiting friends.

Like everyone in New Zealand we want to see the festival of rugby be a celebration of all that’s good about our amazing country. We certainly don’t want those who’d like to enjoy a ‘pint’ being left with a nasty taste in their mouths…

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