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Pint glass
A pint glass is a form of drinkware made to hold either a British imperial pint of 20 imperial fluid ounces (568 ml) or an American pint of 16 US fluid ounces (473 ml). Other definitions also exist, see below. These glasses are typically used to serve beer, and also often for cider.
The common shapes of pint glass are:
Pint glasses became popular in the United Kingdom in the early to mid-20th century, replacing tankards made from pewter, ceramic and glass.[citation needed] This change was notably lamented by George Orwell in his 1946 essay "The Moon Under Water".[citation needed]
Until the 1990s regulars of some UK pubs would keep their own pewter tankard, often engraved with their name or nickname, behind the bar. This practice has largely disappeared with the requirement to sell beer in certified vessels.[citation needed]
Older styles include:
In the United Kingdom, draught beer must be sold in specific Imperial measures. English, Scottish and Northern Irish legislations all require certain steps be taken to ensure that a pint of beer is indeed a pint. Although this can be achieved using metered dispensers, the more common solution is to use certified one-pint glasses.[citation needed] Until 2007 these had a crown stamp indicating that the certification had been done by an agency of the Crown. The number etched upon the glasses indicates the manufacturing company or site.[citation needed]
Under the European Union (EU) Measuring Instruments Directive (Directive 2004/22/EC), the certification of measuring instruments and devices used in trade (including beer mugs, weighbridges, petrol pumps and the like) can be done by third parties anywhere within the EU with governments taking "only the legislative and enforcement (market surveillance) functions" and "ensuring that the system of third party assessment ... has sufficient technical competence and independence" (or, in simple language, calibration services were privatised). Glasses that have been certified by authorised firms anywhere within the EU have the letters CE and the certifying agency's identification number etched on them. Conservatives campaigning to have dual markings of crown and CE were informed by EU Commissioner Günter Verheugen that "a Crown stamp look-alike could naturally be affixed to the glass, as long as it is done in such a way that it is not confused with the CE marking". Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU the CE mark is being replaced by the UKCA marking for goods placed on the market in Great Britain. In September 2021 it was announced that the crown certification mark would return to pint glasses in the UK.
Selling beer in unmeasured glasses without using some other form of calibrated measure is illegal. Half-pint, one-third pint and two-thirds pint (schooners) glasses are also available and are subject to the same laws. Two-thirds of a pint is not equal to the Canadian, US or Australian schooners, which are respectively of different measures. Instead, the term "schooner" is sometimes informally used within the UK to describe two-thirds of a pint (379 ml).[citation needed]
Pint glass
A pint glass is a form of drinkware made to hold either a British imperial pint of 20 imperial fluid ounces (568 ml) or an American pint of 16 US fluid ounces (473 ml). Other definitions also exist, see below. These glasses are typically used to serve beer, and also often for cider.
The common shapes of pint glass are:
Pint glasses became popular in the United Kingdom in the early to mid-20th century, replacing tankards made from pewter, ceramic and glass.[citation needed] This change was notably lamented by George Orwell in his 1946 essay "The Moon Under Water".[citation needed]
Until the 1990s regulars of some UK pubs would keep their own pewter tankard, often engraved with their name or nickname, behind the bar. This practice has largely disappeared with the requirement to sell beer in certified vessels.[citation needed]
Older styles include:
In the United Kingdom, draught beer must be sold in specific Imperial measures. English, Scottish and Northern Irish legislations all require certain steps be taken to ensure that a pint of beer is indeed a pint. Although this can be achieved using metered dispensers, the more common solution is to use certified one-pint glasses.[citation needed] Until 2007 these had a crown stamp indicating that the certification had been done by an agency of the Crown. The number etched upon the glasses indicates the manufacturing company or site.[citation needed]
Under the European Union (EU) Measuring Instruments Directive (Directive 2004/22/EC), the certification of measuring instruments and devices used in trade (including beer mugs, weighbridges, petrol pumps and the like) can be done by third parties anywhere within the EU with governments taking "only the legislative and enforcement (market surveillance) functions" and "ensuring that the system of third party assessment ... has sufficient technical competence and independence" (or, in simple language, calibration services were privatised). Glasses that have been certified by authorised firms anywhere within the EU have the letters CE and the certifying agency's identification number etched on them. Conservatives campaigning to have dual markings of crown and CE were informed by EU Commissioner Günter Verheugen that "a Crown stamp look-alike could naturally be affixed to the glass, as long as it is done in such a way that it is not confused with the CE marking". Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU the CE mark is being replaced by the UKCA marking for goods placed on the market in Great Britain. In September 2021 it was announced that the crown certification mark would return to pint glasses in the UK.
Selling beer in unmeasured glasses without using some other form of calibrated measure is illegal. Half-pint, one-third pint and two-thirds pint (schooners) glasses are also available and are subject to the same laws. Two-thirds of a pint is not equal to the Canadian, US or Australian schooners, which are respectively of different measures. Instead, the term "schooner" is sometimes informally used within the UK to describe two-thirds of a pint (379 ml).[citation needed]
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