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Another example of shrink flation... oh, my beer... (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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That's, what, 7% less...

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

A lot of imported beers come in 440 ml cans. US ones in particular. But I agree that it feels scammy, because we expect them to be 500 ml.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Wouldn't you expect them to be like 470 ml ~16 oz? 500 us closer to 17, and 440 is a strange ~15 odd ml

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Someone said in another comment that 440 ml is the default multipack can for the UK and that can plus contents add up to 1 lb that way. I don't know if this is true. I could see US beer imported via UK being a thing though.

    Edit: And if you mean whether I would expect 470 ml over 500 ml, then no. 500 ml is very much the European standard can.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    US measures in ounces, we have three standard beer sizes: 12oz, 24oz and the infamous 40oz. Bars will sell 16oz draught beer, no one is really sure where that came from and not all bars sell them.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    16oz is a pint and most US bars do serve drafts that size... And I'm pretty sure it's a carry over from the UK where it's always been common to order a pint of beer.

    "Imperial pints" in the UK are actually 20oz interestingly enough though.

    Seems like they typically get larger standard sizes of beer than us and I think we should follow their lead.

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