...beer. Here, in Calgary, a pint is sometimes the Imp 20floz but some bars use the US 16floz pint glasses. Graham A pint of beer in the UK *has* to be a pint of beer - 1pint/20floz/568ml well, that depends :~) my guess is that c90%% of pub beer glasses are brim-ful pints, so if there's any foam showing below the brim, then you've not got a full pint. On the point mentioned ...

...that it will be draught beer. Here, in Calgary, a pint is sometimes the Imp 20floz but some bars use the US 16floz pint glasses. A pint of beer in the UK *has* to be a pint of beer - 1pint/20floz/568ml Beer is sold in pints and halves. Spirits used to be sold in fractions of a gill (a sixth or a fifth of a gill which itself is a quarter of a pint) but now are sold in either 25 ...

... that the British and American fl ozs are very slightly different. -- I think that when you "go for a pint" it is not only 20floz but it also tends to imply that it will be draught beer. Here, in Calgary, a pint is sometimes the Imp 20floz but some bars use the US 16floz pint glasses. Graham A pint of beer in the UK *has* to be a pint of beer - 1pint/20floz/568ml