The General Chat Room

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

1/3 pint??? That's less then 200 mls!!! Call that a drink??? Wimps, all of you! Order a Maß! Don't drink unless you're thirsty!
(have we arrived on the wrong sub-forum?)

It's so you can sample the dozens on offer - three or four times each, just to make sure.

[Richard Barrett]

1/3 pint??? That's less then 200 mls!!! Call that a drink???

That depends on where you are. In the breweries of Cologne for example, Kölsch is served in 0.2l glasses, but they do make sure that you get a fresh one as soon as yours is empty, even if this takes a matter of seconds.

[Bryn]

When I were a lad (pre-1984, so to speak) so-called barley wine came in one third pint bottles, i.e. a little under 200 ml. These days it's more often around one third of a litre one gets, though some breweries do still offer 200 ml bottles of the stuff.

[Alain Maréchal]

That depends on where you are. In the breweries of Cologne for example, Kölsch is served in 0.2l glasses, but they do make sure that you get a fresh one as soon as yours is empty, even if this takes a matter of seconds.

A Bock (a measure, not a type of beer) here is 150ml. but it sole purpose is to quench a thirst, standing at the bar, before moving on, and is unconnected with serious drinking. I had assumed that reference to "Oktoberfest" presupposed steady and copious consumption.

[vinteuil]

A Bock (a measure, not a type of beer) here is 150ml. but it sole purpose is to quench a thirst, standing at the bar, before moving on, and is unconnected with serious drinking. I had assumed that reference to "Oktoberfest" presupposed steady and copious consumption.

... le Robert and Larousse think it means a quarter of a litre, Littré just says "contenu d' un grand verre".

What wd Maupassant have expected?

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[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A Bock (a measure, not a type of beer) here is 150ml. but it sole purpose is to quench a thirst, standing at the bar, before moving on, and is unconnected with serious drinking. I had assumed that reference to "Oktoberfest" presupposed steady and copious consumption.

You are correct in your assumption - the idea, I think, is to sample many beers to decide which one(s) you then wish to drink in greater abundance. (The "festive" aspect being the ready availability of a range of beers not generally on sale at other times. The oom-pah bands there to let visitors know when they've probably had enough - the theory being that you stop drinking as soon as it starts to sound like Music, whilst also necessitating sufficient quaffing to induce this blessed state.)

[Pabmusic]

...The oom-pah bands there to let visitors know when they've probably had enough - the theory being that you stop drinking as soon as it starts to sound like Music...)

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[Alain Maréchal]

... le Robert and Larousse think it means a quarter of a litre, Littré just says "contenu d' un grand verre".

What wd Maupassant have expected?

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The measures are probably regional. Ask for "un demi" here and you will receive 25cl, the standard chalice. A bock is definitely 15cl. aux planches de l'Allier.

ps. It occurs to me this is a wine region, and beer has to be imported from Alsace or a civilised beer-producing nation to the north (or sometimes even Germany), so the habit is not native, but to satisfy the curistes. Perhaps that affects the serving.

pps. the bock here may be adapted from the graduated measures used for the spa waters. They, and the bottles, are produced locally at Puy-Guillaume.

[BBMmk2]

Good to see different discussion here. Feeking quite tired today. illness kicking in!

[vinteuil]

... le Robert and Larousse think it means a quarter of a litre, Littré just says "contenu d' un grand verre".

What wd Maupassant have expected?

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,,, from this book-jacket, something substantial :

https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390162132l/20578570.jpg

[BBMmk2]

I had two requests on R3 this this week! On Breakfast and Essential Classics! Not bad methinks. It wad rather amusing as with the breakfast request, I had askerd for Crown imperial to be played. Well what transpired was that a bit of BBMish slipped in! I blame autocrrect! I had a post from our friend on R3OK, Morticia who noticed it and said that she Googled it and there is a place called this and there is a pub called The Crown!

[BBMmk2]

I have requested Handel's lovely Chaconne in G major, for R3's Breakfast. I have tweeted to Petroc, so hoping it will be played!

[french frank]

Ask for "un demi" here and you will receive 25cl

That's probably France in general, isn't it? Un demi in Paris was (is?), roughly (well, who's measuring) half an imperial pint, I think, to the nearest 'convenient' metric.

Never heard of un bock as a measure - or didn't understand it as such (more like).

[BBMmk2]

Having the first of two cataract operations today. Having the right eye done first as the left one was affected by when I had shingles, recently. Giving that eye time to recover.

[antongould]

Having the first of two cataract operations today. Having the right eye done first as the left one was affected by when I had shingles, recently. Giving that eye time to recover.

All the best bbm .... hope it goes well ......