The threat to the great British pint If you are fed up with being short-changed in the pub by being served short-measured pints of beer, IAIN LOE, of the Campaign for Real Ale, has a possible answer

From: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK) | Date: October 6, 2007 | Copyright information

If you are fed up with being short-changed in the pub by being served short-measured pints of beer, IAIN LOE, of the Campaign for Real Ale, has a possible answer

Arecent European Commission ruling to give clearance for the pint (and other imperial measures such as pounds and ounces, inches and miles) to continue to be used indefinitely should come as good news to drinkers who feared they may lose the right to ask for a pint of beer.

However, while the pint has been saved from int...

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