"Pint" varies in the US as well, when ordering a beer. You're just gonna get whatever glass they have.
They'll probably tell you if they know it's not a true pint, but I expect most bartenders have no idea.
They'll probably tell you if they know it's not a true pint, but I expect most bartenders have no idea.
The German system where there's a line on the glass that needs to be reached by beer under penalty of law puts a smile on my face.
Some US bars will serve imperial pints on request and/or offer them for British or Irish beers.
Typically in a British pub you will be served beer in a glass that is calibrated as “pint to brim”, and any head on the beer is taken out of the nominal pint. So usually a pint as served is much closer to half a litre.