Lolol that 440 was from the previous round of shrinkflation
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ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 6 months ago
What is 440ml to begin with? A propper beer in a can is 500ml, a propper beer in a bottle is 330ml or 500ml. Everything else is a scam.
JustUseMint@lemmy.world 6 months ago
scottywh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s interesting because most canned and bottled beers in the US are 12 ounces / 354 ml …
aulin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
A lot of imported beers come in 440 ml cans. US ones in particular. But I agree that it feels scammy, because we expect them to be 500 ml.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Wouldn’t you expect them to be like 470 ml ~16 oz? 500 us closer to 17, and 440 is a strange ~15 odd ml
aulin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Someone said in another comment that it’s the default multipack can for the UK and that can plus contents add up to 1 lb that way. I don’t know if this is true. I could see US beer imported via UK being a thing though.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I specifically meant imports, as they tend to use the same shelving and cooler infrastructure for the cans we have. But I don’t seek out a lot of imports myself.
Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 6 months ago
US measures in ounces, we have three standard beer sizes: 12oz, 24oz and the infamous 40oz.
scottywh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
16oz is a pint and most US bars do serve drafts that size… And I’m pretty sure it’s a carry over from the UK where it’s always been common to order a pint of beer.
“Imperial pints” in the UK are actually 20oz interestingly enough though.
Seems like they typically get larger standard sizes of beer than us and I think we should follow their lead.