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[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Never thought of it like that Less, must admit brings to mind that old saying from years ago "I'd drink it from a lime fillers clog"

Always heard it as a lime burners clog.
Retlaw.

[Benipete]

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

All the pubs I go into regularly now pour my pint straight into a barrel glass. I have always preferred my ale that way and anyone that tries to force Brits to drink from plastic cups is going to have a battle on their hands.

Remember the u-turn on pounds and ounces?

I'm still paying in bushels and pecks s it an age thing?

[Ken Moss]

Originally Posted by Benipete

I'm still paying in bushels and pecks s it an age thing?

They're a bit further back than I remember! I still prefer to buy things in imperial measures though and I was brought up learning metric but it's getting harder. I asked a young Asian lad on Blackburn market for a quarter of sarsaparillas over Christmas and he said, 'Quarter of what?' He said he got people asking for sweets like that but he couldn't understand it.

The day I'm forced to buy half a litre of beer at the bar is the day I give up drinking. For pity's sake, don't ever let that happen.....

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

They're a bit further back than I remember! I still prefer to buy things in imperial measures though and I was brought up learning metric but it's getting harder. I asked a young Asian lad on Blackburn market for a quarter of sarsaparillas over Christmas and he said, 'Quarter of what?' He said he got people asking for sweets like that but he couldn't understand it.

The day I'm forced to buy half a litre of beer at the bar is the day I give up drinking. For pity's sake, don't ever let that happen.....

Believe me Ken you get used to it, but you don't ask for a half litre just ask for a big Beer. As to the situation with the glasses, plastic are a waste of time, they also break & cause cuts & those that stay whole after a few festivals/events they're so scratched you have to chuck them away.

The Glasses will be fine if they have these laminated ones, they can even keep the same shapes & sizes it's no big deal, the only difference I think will be that they're a little heavier & thicker, but that isn't such a bad thing either as the thicker they are the longer your Pint will stay cool, so it's swings & roundabouts really.

[Ken Moss]

Shillelagh posted a link to a very informative film that I hadn't seen so it looks like people are well on with looking for a solution.

I'll still be miffed if I have to give up my barrel glasses though. We're blessed with some fantastic clubs in Rishton and they've all still got them tucked away when I need them.

A mate of mine brews his own ale and it's pretty potent stuff but he's taken to giving me my 'pint' in a steiner and quietly topping it up when I'm not looking so I'm well aware of the power of those big German glasses!