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They are talking about making chocolate bars smaller so people will eat less chocolate[/url:1oz0t441].

[quote:1oz0t441]Cans of fizzy drinks, currently 330ml, should be sold in a significantly smaller size of 250ml. [/quote:1oz0t441]
also cans of fizzy will be reduced in size[/url:1oz0t441].

Will they make a pint smaller? Should they? What is the right size for a beer? Climate and beer strength probably need to be considered.

[quote:1oz0t441]'Never[/url:1oz0t441] heard of 'em,' said the barman shortly. 'Litre and half litres - that's all we serve. There's the glasses on the shelf in front of you.'

'I likes a pint,' persisted the old man. 'You could 'a drawed me off a pint easy enough. We didn't 'ave these bleeding litres when I was a young man.'[/quote:1oz0t441]

I think that depends on the beer.

For weaker beers, like ordinary bitter or mild, a pint (or 500ml) glass is the obvious choice.

You could make a case for 330ml or 400ml glasses for the 4.X% strength beer most commonly sold in Ireland, but I think pint (or 500ml) glasses are fine. Once you start climbing much over 5% I think you are heading into strong beer territory though and should consider changing to smaller glasses.

For strong beers, 250ml to 330ml (with 1/2 pint sitting somewhere in the middle) stemmed glasses are the way to go, in my opinion. They remind you that you are drinking a strong beer every time you pick them up.

If you reduced the pint the same ratio as the cans then it would be 426ml. Could there be a 400ml beer in all our futures?
Would people actually drink any less? Reducing the volume in pubs reduces drinking, but there are already laws for that.

I think different size glasses for different strength beers is a good idea, but I don't know if people would actually drink less of their regular tipple just because the glass is smaller. 7 pints would just become ten 400ml glasses.

"a_friend_in_mead":34hvxigx wrote: Reducing the volume in pubs reduces drinking, but there are already laws for that.[/quote:34hvxigx]
Not sure what you mean by that.

Oh sorry. There is a link between the loudness of music and how much people drink[/url:2dgo8btz]. I cannot find the proper link at the moment. Workplace noise limits are about a pub full of people talking. Which means if there is music blaring over that you are above the safety limit. Not that this limit is enforced.

Gotcha. I've been saying that for years, but now I have evidence to back up my rantings. Gift!