This is a follow-up to a prior post. A little over a week ago, I’d caught up with some buds at a bar down in Seekonk. This bar claimed to have 35oz drafts. Upon seeing said 35oz glasses, I questioned the establishment about these glasses’ actual capacity and was assured they were indeed 35oz. Needless to say, I was dubious of their claim and we decided that further verification was required.
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Fast-forward to yesterday; Michael and I were in possession of one of the aforementioned 35oz glasses. (We need not dwell on how this vessel came to be in our possession, that is not important to today’s post.) Now we just needed some liquid to test with. Thank goodness Michael had the foresight to pick up some beer, earlier in the day. I can assure you that the reason for the purchase of the beer was solely for this test. The fact that we’d picked up a 30-pack was merely an example of our thoroughness. We needed to have a large supply of testing ingredients in case our first (or second…or third) tests were inconclusive.
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Fast-forward to yesterday; Michael and I were in possession of one of the aforementioned 35oz glasses. (We need not dwell on how this vessel came to be in our possession, that is not important to today’s post.) Now we just needed some liquid to test with. Thank goodness Michael had the foresight to pick up some beer, earlier in the day. I can assure you that the reason for the purchase of the beer was solely for this test. The fact that we’d picked up a 30-pack was merely an example of our thoroughness. We needed to have a large supply of testing ingredients in case our first (or second…or third) tests were inconclusive.
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Ok, let’s get this test underway! And yes, we know that three beers equals 36 oz, while this glass supposedly holds only 35. We were fully prepared to handle the extra oz ourselves. (In the name of science, of course.)
One beer poured in, two to go. Hmmm…that first beer sure did take up a lot of space!
Ok, let’s get this test underway! And yes, we know that three beers equals 36 oz, while this glass supposedly holds only 35. We were fully prepared to handle the extra oz ourselves. (In the name of science, of course.)
One beer poured in, two to go. Hmmm…that first beer sure did take up a lot of space!
Uh-oh…two beers in, and there’s really not much room left in there for the last one… 
From the last beer, I put in enough to bring the level up to what would be an acceptable pour at a bar. And there was a TON of beer left in the can. Michael suggested I should pour it right up to the edge and see if I could get the 35oz in there. So I did, but there was still a lot of beer left in the can.
Our experiment was complete; the claim of a 35oz glass is false. At best, I would say the glass would hold 31oz if filled to the very edge. But when you order a draft in a bar, rarely do they come that full, there’s often an inch or so of head (leave it alone, it’s too easy) on top. Taking that into account, we figured these drafts we’d been served were coming in closer to 28oz. 28oz!! We’d been cheated out of 7oz, each time!!
From the last beer, I put in enough to bring the level up to what would be an acceptable pour at a bar. And there was a TON of beer left in the can. Michael suggested I should pour it right up to the edge and see if I could get the 35oz in there. So I did, but there was still a lot of beer left in the can.
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In retrospect, this last pic was a bad one to take. I laid the can on its side, with the mouth facing up, so that the beer that was left wouldn’t pour out. But the pic makes it look like all three cans are empty. And while all three cans did wind up being empty shortly after this pic was taken (along with the glass, and along with many of the other cans), the fact is that there was still about 4oz left in the last can. (A better way to display this would have been to get another glass and pour the leftover beer into that one and have them be side by side. But hindsight is 20/20, right?)
In retrospect, this last pic was a bad one to take. I laid the can on its side, with the mouth facing up, so that the beer that was left wouldn’t pour out. But the pic makes it look like all three cans are empty. And while all three cans did wind up being empty shortly after this pic was taken (along with the glass, and along with many of the other cans), the fact is that there was still about 4oz left in the last can. (A better way to display this would have been to get another glass and pour the leftover beer into that one and have them be side by side. But hindsight is 20/20, right?)
Our experiment was complete; the claim of a 35oz glass is false. At best, I would say the glass would hold 31oz if filled to the very edge. But when you order a draft in a bar, rarely do they come that full, there’s often an inch or so of head (leave it alone, it’s too easy) on top. Taking that into account, we figured these drafts we’d been served were coming in closer to 28oz. 28oz!! We’d been cheated out of 7oz, each time!!
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We contemplated contacting the Attorney General with our complaints, but then realized that would probably entail explaining how we came to be in possession of the glass in the first place. And since we figured that was a bit of information best left undisclosed, we agreed to let the matter rest.
We contemplated contacting the Attorney General with our complaints, but then realized that would probably entail explaining how we came to be in possession of the glass in the first place. And since we figured that was a bit of information best left undisclosed, we agreed to let the matter rest.
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This does not mean, however, that if we find ourselves in that same bar again, that we won’t recreate this experiment again!
This does not mean, however, that if we find ourselves in that same bar again, that we won’t recreate this experiment again!
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Again; all in the interest of science, of course.
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Ride Hard, Check your fluid levels.
Again; all in the interest of science, of course.
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Ride Hard, Check your fluid levels.
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