Sneaky, Smaller Beer Pints Ripping You Off
You could always order a beer with a higher alcohol content. Or you could consider quality over quantity.
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Sneaky, Smaller Beer Pints Ripping You Off
@bobbob, That's a marketing ploy that really irks me. First the company hikes the price on the normal-size package. When you get used to the higher price for a couple of months, they reduce the amount in the package, giving you maybe 14.5 ounces in a package that looks like the old 16 ounce package, whether coffee or whatever. End result: you pay more AND get less.
I'm not at all surprised that pint glasses don't hold a pint.
Sneaky, Smaller Beer Pints Ripping You Off
I make sure not to go to places that try this crap & tell them so. Also look at the pitchers. They should be 64 oz pitchers NOT 60, 58, etc....I hate this kind of pinching.
Sneaky, Smaller Beer Pints Ripping You Off
While visiting my sister in Germany, I was amused to note that many of the glasses were printed with the volume in ml and a line indicating where to fill to.
Sneaky, Smaller Beer Pints Ripping You Off
I'm surprised this hasn't been noticed before, as during my days at Ohio University 7 years ago, most "pints" we were served were the 14 oz. ones. And like christopher I borrowed a few myself and they fill my cabinets proudly.
Granted, no doubt OU beers are much cheaper than big city ones.
Sneaky, Smaller Beer Pints Ripping You Off
Look, if you're going to call it a pint, SERVE a pint. It's SIMPLE.
Sneaky, Smaller Beer Pints Ripping You Off
@chewy Its just annoying in the same way that prepackaged products in the supermarket are sold in shrunken sizes in an effort to charge you more without your knowledge. Try to find a package of coffee that is actually 16 ozs anymore.
Sneaky, Smaller Beer Pints Ripping You Off
I have pint glasses that walked off from pubs 8yrs ago (not proud of it but it does establish the time frame). I was really peeved when I found out a 12oz beer bottle fills these glasses. I'd guess that 'pint' glasses have been much less than 16oz for a while and I do think that's bull. That's 2-4oz per 'pint' over how many years? That adds up to a lot of beer that I paid for and never got to enjoy.
@chewy - I somewhat agree but I'm only buying high quality beers to begin with and I'm still getting stiffed a few ounces.
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