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"sbillings":1oha17ac wrote: The LVA/VFI position is that the head is part of the beer, so a pint of beer is a pint of liquid and foam together not a pint of liquid + an extra volume of foam.[/quote:1oha17ac]

Maybe so but they aren't the law! Its down to W&M legislation.

Remember the who-ha in the UK when Arthur tried to prove that his stout head was part of the pint?

I think he won the case in the UK!!

"Will_D":1aka3v70 wrote: Its one for Tube as he has been digging in various legislations recently on another thread[/quote:1aka3v70]

I've a law student in the house so it's always topical! Hey did you know 80% of the judiciary are UCD graduates. Mad.

"Will_D":2hae7aoi wrote:

"sbillings":2hae7aoi wrote: The LVA/VFI position is that the head is part of the beer, so a pint of beer is a pint of liquid and foam together not a pint of liquid + an extra volume of foam.[/quote:2hae7aoi]

Maybe so but they aren't the law! Its down to W&M legislation.

Remember the who-ha in the UK when Arthur tried to prove that his stout head was part of the pint?

I think he won the case in the UK!![/quote:2hae7aoi]

I don't think the law specifies whether head is part of the measure or not, so it would take just such a case to set the precedent.

If someone were to take such a case, the publican could point out fact that brim fill pint glasses are not only considered legal, but are by far the most common glasses used to serve beer in pubs and have been for generations. As beer of any kind will have a head on it, it is impossible to serve a liquid pint + extra head in such a vessel. This would give him/her a very strong argument that the head has always been considered part of the pint by publican and customer alike. The law may not specify whether the head is part of the pint, but custom and practice has established that it is and the fact that the NSAI[/url:2hae7aoi] certifies brim fill pint glasses seems to indicate that the sate metrology service agrees.

"sbillings":2lxvqlj5 wrote:

"Will_D":2lxvqlj5 wrote:

"sbillings":2lxvqlj5 wrote: The LVA/VFI position is that the head is part of the beer, so a pint of beer is a pint of liquid and foam together not a pint of liquid + an extra volume of foam.[/quote:2lxvqlj5]

Maybe so but they aren't the law! Its down to W&M legislation.

Remember the who-ha in the UK when Arthur tried to prove that his stout head was part of the pint?

I think he won the case in the UK!![/quote:2lxvqlj5]

I don't think the law specifies whether head is part of the measure or not, so it would take just such a case to set the precedent.

If someone were to take such a case, the publican could point out fact that brim fill pint glasses are not only considered legal, but are by far the most common glasses used to serve beer in pubs and have been for generations. As beer of any kind will have a head on it, it is impossible to serve a liquid pint + extra head in such a vessel. This would give him/her a very strong argument that the head has always been considered part of the pint by publican and customer alike. The law may not specify whether the head is part of the pint, but custom and practice has established that it is and the fact that the NSAI[/url:2lxvqlj5] certifies brim fill pint glasses seems to indicate that the sate metrology service agrees.[/quote:2lxvqlj5]
I believe in the UK a pint is defined as up to 5% foam...its the publicans that take the piss and do 10 or even 15% that people take issue with. Certain pub cos brewers expects their tied publicans to ge 80 pints out of a 72 pint cask!