Measures 'consultation'

Nobody's consulted me. If they had, I'ld have told them that schooners are for sherry. Tiny little glasses anyway.

I believe they're popular in some states of the Commonwealth of Australia, but then they have a crazy mix of imperial and metric sizes and you never quite know what you're getting. Cross a state border and the sizes change, the terminology changes, the brands change. Same old slop for the most part though.

-- Pat Ricroft, City of Salford, UK ================================

I can't see any problem with two third pint measures. Nobody's suggesting that the new measure will replace the pint and it simply gives people more choice - in which case, consultation seems somewhat superfluous.

This is particularly true of stronger beers where a half might not be quite enough, and a pint just a little too much. I'd certainly use two third measures for things like Thornbridge Jaipur.

Would you care to explain what it is to which you refer?

Seems like a sneak method of upping prices by selling in smaller measures.

If they're going to allow more measure sizes then allowing litre sizes for continental lagers might be a start.

in Germany the litre is not the usual size, they sell in 0.2 . 0.4 0.5 & litres depending which part the country you are in