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Not only ice (in beer?) but I am also compelled to ask what the beer in question actually was, as the image posted gives no clue, nor yields any further information on this subject.
Might one ask what the beer thus pictured actually is, as the image yields little information on the subject.
I think it looks like a cocktail, maybe a Spritz Aperol? Perhaps wine.
Oh, my.
Not only have I never, ever tasted, (sampled, savoured) this divine nectar, I have never, ever, even laid eyes on it.
Very much on my beer bucket list.
Do enjoy.
The Delirium was my favourite. I had never sampled it before but the day after I quickly ventured to the nearest Colruyt in Luxembourg (where I was staying) to acquire enough. Those also came with a suitable, albeit too small, glass!
Ah, excellent, though, yes, that glass could be more capacious.
Do enjoy.
Several years ago, I ordered a selection of Belgian beer glasses: They included a few Trappistes Rochefort glasses, a few from St Bernardus, one (I think) from the Achouffe company, and glasses from Westmalle, Chimay, and yes, Delirium Tremens (the wonderful carer, a lady from the Philippines, who was with us at the time, - actually, she lived with us for six years caring for my mother, who had dementia - declared that she absolutely loved that glass, thus, I gave it to her, and ordered another for myself).
However, of all the Belgian beer glassware, the Kwak beer glass - the first time I ever laid eyes on it (in a pub in Belgium, naturally enough), I recall how absolutely impressed and stupefied I was, it seemed to resemble an outsized chemistry set - really took my breath away.
Pint?
Or, half litre?
While you will manage to be served both pints and half litres in both Ireland and the UK, - as the two countries are conversant with both the imperial and metric systems - continental - or, mainland - Europe is rather different; there, the litre reigns supreme as a unit of measurement for alcoholic beverages.
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I call it a pint glass. I've no idea how much beer goes in there exactly, lol.
In the UK and Ireland a pint is measured at .568 of a litre; thus, a pint comes to a little more than half a litre, which is a standard measure on mainland Europe.
Drinkers (from our rain-soaked isles) tend to consider them (to be roughly) equivalent, as in, they know that if they order half a litre of beer in Europe, they will receive a drink that is reasonably close to the quantity of the pint with which they are more than familiar.
Now, as to the US, given that - from what I gather, - your definition (or measurement) of what constitutes "a pint" is somewhat different (to that with which we are familiar in Europe - I'm equally fluent in British Imperial and European Metric systems), and you use weird stuff such as "a cup", and "a quart" - none of which I am remotely acquainted with, - I am unable to shed any further light on this.
However, the Belgian beer glasses I have (and which you will find in many continental pubs) come in different sizes; mine include 250ml/25cl (a quarter of a litre), and 330ml/33cl glasses, in addition to the half litre (500ml/50cl) glass.
And then, of course, there are the tiny (relatively speaking) 150ml/15cl glasses that @Heindijs lamented, and their marginally larger kin, the 200ml/20cl glass; I have seen them - indeed, have sipped, sampled, savoured beers from them, most often on those sampler beer tasting kits, often served on elegant wooden platters, that you will sometimes find in artisan breweries.
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In the UK - and indeed, Ireland - where elements of the Imperial system still hold sway, ounces (and pounds - lbs, and stones) are used to measure the weight of solids (flour, sugar, people), and not liquids.
Liquids are measured in pints, - and in Europe - litres, - and yes, what are described as "fluid ounces" (as is written on the side of a plastic measuring jug, which also measures, bless it - litres).
Thus, as is all so often the case with the US, I shall have to consult wikipedia to discover, firstly, how this translates into a measurement that I am familiar with, and secondly, whether what is described as "a pint" (which is still used as a casual generic term for heading out for a drink, as in, "let's meet up for a pint", or, "I'll see you for a pint") is the same in the UK and the US.
A quick check online confirmed that no, what is described as "a pint" is not actually the same on both sides of the Pond.
A US pint is 16 fluid ounces, (.47 of a litre - i.e. a bit less than half a litre), whereas the British Imperial pint (also used in Ireland) comes to 20 fluid ounces, or, as mentioned earlier, .568 of a litre, in other words, a bit more than half a litre.
There was a Delirium Cafe in Leesburg, VA, 15 minutes drom my house that we frequented often. I was pretty bummed when it closed down.
Nice, very light lager after a short hike in Glendalough, Ireland...
Had to have (1/2) Guinness even if we were in the Viking triangle in Waterford, Ireland's oldest town (founded by Norsemen - like us - as far as I know).
Then a pre-dinner Arcadia lager by Wicklow Wolf at Abbots Ale House in Cork.
A bit fruity for my taste, but still quite good.
Then a pre-dinner Arcadia lager by Wicklow Wolf at Abbots Ale House in Cork.
A bit fruity for my taste, but still quite good.
Always drink a lot more whilst on vacation, though a lot more is relative, I rarely have more than 3 or 4 pints on a single day. But on the other hand, that's about the same as I drink in a month at home...
Today's pre-dinner beer: A Wonderland red ale from Original 7, labelled as "From Cork, Originally", which is nice at our Cork hotel.
Today's pre-dinner beer: A Wonderland red ale from Original 7, labelled as "From Cork, Originally", which is nice at our Cork hotel.
Brick West Brewing's Westbound Train (Spokane, WA). In a glass from a different life.
