A 'Pint' just isn't a real Pint in Thailand.

[bob smith]

Have you ever noticed the pint glasses in Thailand aren't actually proper pint glasses?

 

I did an expriment the other day. I went out shopping for some new glassware and bought a couple of real English pint glasses.

 

Then i popped up a stool and ordered a Thai 'pint.' I poured said pint into one of my real pint glasses and it was barely three quarters full..

 

False advertising?

I think yes.

 

Bob.

[Upnotover]

Better than in India.  Order a "pint" and you'll get a half.  If you want a pint you have to tell them "full pint".

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, Upnotover said:

Better than in India.  Order a "pint" and you'll get a half.  If you want a pint you have to tell them "full pint".

This is Thailand and it's a Thai forum. Nothing at all to do with India.

 

Bob.

[freeworld]

Can refer the matter to the following office of consumer protection. They will get right on the matter.

 

https://www.ocpb.go.th/ewtadmin/ewt/ocpb_en/main.php

[bob smith]

2 minutes ago, freeworld said:

Can refer the matter to the following office of consumer protection. They will get right on the matter.

 

https://www.ocpb.go.th/ewtadmin/ewt/ocpb_en/main.php

Of course they will!!

 

To be honest i dont want to waste the 7 baht calling them

 

Bob.

[JimTripper]

I actually tend to get glasses that are much bigger then a pint in the Usa 🤷🏻‍♂️

If I just get a draft beer, the glass tends to be small.

[2baht]

15 minutes ago, bob smith said:

False advertising?

I think yes.

How many did you drink?

[bob smith]

15 minutes ago, 2baht said:

How many did you drink?

As many as I could!

 

Bob.

[Crossy]

When we worked in Hong Kong our local pub (The Kangaroo in Tsim Sha Tsui, sadly long gone) had "pints" of two sizes.

 

There were the "pints" for the local brews which were 500ml and the glasses (mug style) supplied to be used for the imported British ales which were a "proper" pint of 568ml. <edited coz of picky people>

 

Ordering the local ale in a British glass "because we liked the handle" worked for about 3 months before the manager realised, we were getting rather more beer for the same $$$

[bob smith]

4 minutes ago, Crossy said:

When we worked in Hong Kong our local pub (The Kangaroo in Tsim Sha Tsui, sadly long gone) had "pints" of two sizes.

 

There were the "pints" for the local brews which were 500ml and the glasses (mug style) supplied to be used for the imported British ales which were a "proper" pint of 570ml.

 

Ordering the local ale in a British glass "because we liked the handle" worked for about 3 months before the manager realised, we were getting rather more beer for the same $$$

A standard pint, if im not mistaken, is 568ml.

 

Anything less and advertised as such is daylight robbery!

 

Bob.

[Georgealbert]

A pint can be;

 

British imperial pint is 20 imperial fluid ounces (568 ml)

 

American pint is 16 US fluid ounces (473 ml). 
 

In the state of South Australian a pint is 425ml

 

Australian pint is 570ml

 

 

 

 

 

[brianthainess]

27 minutes ago, bob smith said:

A standard pint, if im not mistaken, is 568ml.

 

Anything less and advertised as such is daylight robbery!

 

Bob.

Bob you should limit your drinking to night-time.........

[marin]

34 minutes ago, bob smith said:

A standard pint, if im not mistaken, is 568ml.

 

Anything less and advertised as such is daylight robbery!

 

Bob.

Stop being robbed bob!  Get  your butt back to where a pint is a pint. 

[richard_smith237]

It’s called shrinkflation Bob…

 

… check yer under-crackers…  it’s quite likely you’ve been making promises you can’t fulfill !!! 🤣😭

[richard_smith237]

29 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

A pint can be;

 

British imperial pint is 20 imperial fluid ounces (568 ml)

 

American pint is 16 US fluid ounces (473 ml). 
 

In the state of South Australian a pint is 425ml

 

Australian pint is 570ml

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outside of the uk the word ‘pint’ has just become an international colloquialism for a ‘larger glass’ of something…

 

…in Europe a pint never existed, it was always ‘1/2 litre’… but Brits still order a ‘pint’….

 

 

 

 

[KhunBENQ]

57 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

A pint can be;

 

British imperial pint is 20 imperial fluid ounces (568 ml)

 

American pint is 16 US fluid ounces (473 ml). 
 

In the state of South Australian a pint is 425ml

 

Australian pint is 570ml

Wonderful world of non metrics

Thailand is 90% metric.

90%: still using PSI and some other confusing stuff (water in 5 gallon containers) and water pipes in most confusing mix of inch and old Chinese measures ("hun").

 

[Seppius]

Mostly where you can buy Stella in Thailand, comes in a proper pint Stella glass

[connda]

Well, yeahhhh.  How are corporations to squeeze the most money out of customers if they don't "shrinkflation?"  Like the soft-drink corporations do.  2/3 of a liter in a liter plastic bottle.  Lots more unnecessary plastic to add to the ocean gyres of plastic.  I've got the solution.  Just don't buy it anymore. 

Beer?  Drink three "pints" and you won't care anymore.  😉

[KhunBENQ]

9 minutes ago, connda said:

How are corporations to squeeze the most money out of customers if they don't "shrinkflation?"

Some nice examples in Thailand.

680 ml bottles of beer shrinking to 620 nowadays and less alcohol content.

(allegedly a legal limit)

Singha came out with an 0.5 l bottle (still on the shelfs?).

330 (333) ml cans of soft drink now 325.

MAKRO manages the other way: 6 croissants instead of 4 but much higher price. Similar for some chocolate cake thing.

Just seem an obviously "small" diet Pepsi can with 245 ml.

All for your health

 

For all examples you need a calc to find out what happened.

[sandyf]

1 hour ago, bob smith said:

A standard pint, if im not mistaken, is 568ml.

 

Anything less and advertised as such is daylight robbery!

 

Bob.

Thailand is a metric country so there is no legally defined measure in the pint, used informally it can mean anything you want. Going for a pint just means going to the pub.

In the UK, beer is still the impperial measure and must be sold as such.

 

Alcohol

There are different rules depending on whether you’re selling by the glass or bottle.

By the glass

	Measures
Still wine	125ml, 175ml, multiples of 125ml and 175ml
Port, sherry or other fortified wine	50ml, 70ml, multiples of 50ml or 70ml
Gin, rum, vodka and whisky	Either 25ml and multiples of 25ml, or 35ml and multiples of 35ml (not both on the same premises)
Draught beer and cider	Third, half, two-thirds of a pint and multiples of half a pint   https://www.gov.uk/weights-measures-and-packaging-the-law/specified-quantities

[connda]

I simply stopped drinking Coke and Pepsi.  Shrinkflation plus overpricing equals I'm not bothering to buy it anymore.  On the positive side, my blood sugar numbers haven't been better.

[saintdomingo]

This isn't the only place in the world that calls 500 ml a pint.

 

I wonder how long he'd been here before he realised it was 500ml.

[Bangkok Barry]

19 hours ago, bob smith said:

19 hours ago, Upnotover said:

Better than in India.  Order a "pint" and you'll get a half.  If you want a pint you have to tell them "full pint".

This is Thailand and it's a Thai forum. Nothing at all to do with India.

 

Well, you referred to English pints. Kettle, black. This is Thailand and it's a Thai forum. Nothing at all to do with England.

[Bangkok Barry]

19 hours ago, Crossy said:

When we worked in Hong Kong our local pub (The Kangaroo in Tsim Sha Tsui, sadly long gone) had "pints" of two sizes.

 

I think that's the place where I first experienced 'face' (it's not just a Thai thing). I ordered chicken wings from the waitress, and waited, And waited, And waited. Eventually, I called a waiter over as I couldn't see her, he went to investigate where my order was, and the waitress was in the kitchen afraid to show her face (pun) as they'd sold out of wings.

[Celsius]

maybe it's a schooner

[herfiehandbag]

19 hours ago, bob smith said:

This is Thailand and it's a Thai forum. Nothing at all to do with India.

 

Bob.

Yes, it is Thailand, and they serve beer in their own (Thai) measures, based on the metric system.

 

The "pint" to them is simply a term, borrowed from the English language, applied to a glass of beer rather than a unit of measurement. In a similar way German and other European languages will have their own terms for a beer.

 

It is further complicated by the fact that an American "pint" at 16 fluid ounces is 20% smaller than a British "pint" at 20 fluid ounces.

[newbee2022]

21 hours ago, bob smith said:

Have you ever noticed the pint glasses in Thailand aren't actually proper pint glasses?

 

I did an expriment the other day. I went out shopping for some new glassware and bought a couple of real English pint glasses.

 

Then i popped up a stool and ordered a Thai 'pint.' I poured said pint into one of my real pint glasses and it was barely three quarters full..

 

False advertising?

I think yes.

 

Bob.

Ok, thank you for this so important fact.

And now, what are you willing to do? 

Go to the police?

Or just complain with the bar owner?

Or just smiling and say: this is Thailand. It's not all perfect but I love it 🙏🙏🙏

[bob smith]

9 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Or just smiling and say: this is Thailand. It's not all perfect but I love it

If I said that, it would be a lie.

 

Something I don't like to do.

 

bob.

[khunjeff]

20 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Thailand is 90% metric.

90%: still using PSI and some other confusing stuff (water in 5 gallon containers) and water pipes in most confusing mix of inch and old Chinese measures ("hun").

 

And beds measured in feet, layer cakes from the bakery in pounds, televisions in inches...

[andygrr]

Blame the Americans and the European metric system for that. A pint was 20 fluid ounces until the Yanks decided they would make it 16oz same as a pound in weight, So about 450ml as opposed to 570ml. Then in the metric system a 1/2 litre became the EU pint equivalent. Luckily the Brits stayed with the REAL pint.