[HPFGU-OTChatter] Shots

[Cat]

In America, shot glasses are limited to a maximum of
two ounces in volume and strictly less than three
inches in height. Minimum capacity is one ounce and
the shortest height is 1-3/4 inches. Shot glasses
normally tapper out at the top. 1 oz = 30 ml.  
Or I found this information from Ask Jeeves. 

 
Common Measurements for Alcoholic Beverages 
"pony shot" 0.5 jigger; 0.75 fluid ounces 
"shot" 0.666 jigger; 1 fluid ounce 
"large shot" 1.25 ounces 

"jigger" 1.5 shots; 1.5 fluid ounces 
pint 16 shots; 0.625 fifths 
fifth 25.6 shots; 25.6 ounces; 1.6 pints; 0.8 quarts;
0.75706 liters 
quart 32 shots; 32 ounces; 1.25 fifths  
magnum 2 quarts; 2.49797 wine bottles  
bottle wine 0.800633 quarts; 0.7577 liters  

Hope this helps.

Cat


--- jaffa276 <jaffa276 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I was reading today about a hero who 'owed
> allegiance only to a $20 
> bill and a fifth of bourbon' the fifth I assume
> referred to 1/5 of a 
> gill that used to be used in the UK as a single
> measure of spirits 
> until they introduced all this metric stuff and
> nicked a few 
> millilitres off a shot.  A gill being 1/4 pint, a
> single was 1/20th 
> pint thus 28.4ml (now 25ml to a single).  
> 
> This guy was obviously in the states though, and A
> US pint is less 
> than a UK pint - I think 16fl.oz. so (assuming
> fl.oz. to be the same) 
> is 16/20 UK pint i.e. 454ml thus a fifth of a gill
> is only 22.7 ml 
> (20% less than the old UK version).  Do you all have
> really tiny 
> glasses? Or do you just drink doubles? Or is my
> maths wrong?
> 
> In Ireland incidentally, a shot is 35ml... this is
> only a problem if 
> someone makes you a cocktail with five of them in it
> (7 UK shots, or 
> um, a quarter of a bottle.) I couldn't finish it :(
> 
> -Ben. 
> 
> 


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Cat

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