Pint-sized row to break in Britain. (new regulations require exact bigger beer glasses to accomodate full 20-ounce British pint)

From: Modern Brewery Age | Date: January 6, 1992 | Copyright information

A pint of beer must be a pint of beer, and the head doesn't cont, the British government decreed last Friday.

"This should be cheering news for beer drinkers everywhere," Edward Leigh, the Minister of Consumer Affairs, recently announced.

But like most gifts from the government, this one will cost the public, brewers and pubkeepers say.

"Somebody has got to pay for a changeover if it means disposing of the current glasses--and the cost is going to ...

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