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interesting, seems a sensible move. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0104/breaking57.html">www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bre ... ing57.html

I presume here we can serve beer by whatever measure we want, as lond as it is clearly marked in metric? I know that an exception is made so we can keep our pint and still refer to it as a pint, but pubs can pour from a tap in to a 400ml glass as long as it;'s marked, right?

Dont think so. I have no legislation or link to back it up, but i seem to remember from my barman days (and it may well have changed since) that there were laws on measurements - definitely with respect to spirits.
Although - nightclubs seem to get away with selling shots in those tiny disposable glasses - im sure the'yre not 35.5ml - which is what i thought was a standard measure in ireland.

well I have a feeling that there was some sort of thing recently to do with standardisation and metric sizes, so you could well be outdated.

Anyway I only just put 2&2 together and realised this is what @brewdogjames has been tweeting about regarding brewdog getting the law changed, they held a dwarf protest in favour of smaller measures. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.brewdog.com/blog-article/brewdog-changes-the-law">www.brewdog.com/blog-article/bre ... es-the-law

It's obviously a great idea. 2/3 seems like a strange fraction to settle on, though, because 20oz won't divide evenly into three. A 15 or 16 oz glass might have got around that. Is this an example of creeping metrification?

Hopefully this means that they can sell 600ml glasses soon, it just feels a better amount. 200, 400 and 600ml glasses makes more sense than hanging on to imperial units and confusing Americans with their smaller pints.

i dont see the problem..... Pint for the gentleman, glass for the lady - ya dont need any more denominations <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->