[Drinking] is it time to retire the pint?

[Herr Tubthumper]

It's about time isnt it?

I know Labour have had a tough time of it lately but they could get their polularity back on track by going with progressive policies like this.

The power of the pint: is it time to retire one of the world’s biggest beer measures?

A study suggested last week that adopting a two-thirds serve could improve public health. But is the pint really the problem?

www.theguardian.com

 

[Guinness Boy]

No it isn't. Just think of the opposition photo ops. Constant pictures of Farage outside a pub with a full "proper" pint, puffing a Lambert and Desperate while wearing a "Two Tier Kier" t-shirt would make me lose my lunch on a regular basis.

And Guinness HAS to be in a pint. FACT.

 

[A mex eyecan]

No, no it friggin is not!
Stuff all that fancy European bollox

 

[Titanic]

 

[Questions]

HT is only saying this because he drinks all those European craft beers . He couldn’t manage a real pint of cask Scruttocks Undrinkable.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Utterly pointless idea. All people will do is order two drinks to replace the pint - so they end up actually drinking more. Of course the exchequer will like the extra tax take from it.

 

[CheeseRolls]

I think the authors raise a valid point. After all many of this countries finest specimens of public health can be seen swilling from 440Ml cans (roughly 3/4 pint) This is clearly the way to go.

 

[The Optimist]

Don’t retire the pint, but perhaps add a 2/3 pint option? A half is too small but sometimes a pint is more than I want.

 

[heathgate]

These bonkers ideas!!....sheeeesh... I saw Khan, Mayor of London lauding his meetings in Liverpool with Labour "thought leaders" and activists ...... I kid you not....

 

[Washie]

I still don't understand the need for pubs or alcohol. Alcohol just seems to cause behavioural issues.

 

[Han Solo]

Nah f*** that. If they remove your pint (57cl) they're just going to replace it with the 50cl we get in the developed (measurement-wise) world.

That's 6-7 important centiliters gone, and chances are most pubs won't lower the prices.

From the outside, this looks like a draconian plan to take your money and give you less beer.

Long live the pint!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Mods, please merge with the Connolly thread

 

[HeaviestTed]

It is hard enough getting a pint at half time let alone two 500mls or whatever bleedin forin it would be.

 

[There'll never be another]

No

 

[Beach Hut]

He only posts the rhetoric as a champagne socialist

 

[Mustafa II]

It is a ridiculous idea.

People will just make the conversion, if not logically than intuitively.

People won't feel like they're getting tipsy after a couple of the 'new' glass sizes, so will associate 3 with that feeling - as a result, they've actually drunk 2.25 pints, rather than the 2 pints they had previously.

I wonder what research has gone into this - every scenario played out in my head, people will end up drinking more with smaller glass sizes.

I actually think we should go in the other direction - make glass sizes BIGGER and in metric. Scrap the pint glass for 1 litre glass.

 

[dazzer6666]

He only posts the rhetoric as a champagne socialist

Bet he doesn’t want champagne in half-pint bottles

 

[beorhthelm]

stories like this suggest we have reached a stage of civilisation where there are no real problems anymore. anyone who can devote time to measuring how many 2/3pints people would drink clearly isn't needed for any other social issues.

< raise a pint.

 

[Bakero]

Read that earlier and agreed with parts. 2/3 is a good measure.

Obviously, keep the pint too but what's the problem with an extra option?

 

[Springal]

if a 2/3rd is on offer I tend to go for it, so can see the logic. But I doubt it would happen