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189.42 mL. 6.39 US fl oz. 6.66 imp oz. 1⁄3 of an Imperial pint. Short for Nipperkin. Strong ale and Barley wine were usually bottled in nips [3] Metric measurement glasses and containers usually round up to a metric half pint of 200 mL (7 imp oz). small glass (US) 236.59 mL. 8 US fl oz.
A 750 ml (25 US fl oz) bottle of 12% ABV wine contains 9 units; 16% ABV wine contains 12 units; a fortified wine such as port at 20% ABV contains 15 units. 100 ml (3.4 US fl oz) glass of wine (13.5% alcohol) = 1 Australian standard drink; 150 ml (5.1 US fl oz) glass of wine (13.5% alcohol) = 1.5 Australian standard drinks
The US fluid ounce is based on the US gallon, which in turn is based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches that was used in the United Kingdom prior to 1824. With the adoption of the international inch, the US fluid ounce became ⁄128 gal × 231 in 3 /gal × (2.54 cm/in) 3 = 29.5735295625 mL exactly, or about 4% larger than the imperial unit.
59 to 89 ml (2 to 3 US fl oz) There is no official size for a single shot, except in Utah, where a shot is defined as 1.5 US fl oz (44.4 ml). [22] Elsewhere in the U.S., the standard size is generally considered to be 1.25–1.5 US fl oz (37–44 ml). [23] [24] A double shot in the U.S. may be 2 US fl oz (59.1 ml) [25] or more. However in most ...
Some breweries also choose to use 500 mL (16.9 U.S. fl oz; 17.6 imp fl oz) bottles, often for smaller batches of beer. The European and Australian standard large bottle is 750-milliliter (25.4 U.S. fl oz; 26.4 imp fl oz) and is also used occasionally in Canada.
In practice, most bars will use the same size measure as for the four spirits. [ 5 ] The 1963 act formalized the legal measures by which spirits and other alcoholic beverages should be dispensed, namely 1 ⁄ 4 , 1 ⁄ 5 or 1 ⁄ 6 gill (36, 28 or 24 ml), but this was replaced in 1985 when 25 ml or 35 ml were permitted. [ 5 ]
An imperial fluid ounce is defined in British law as 28.4130625 millilitres, [15] a US customary fluid ounce is 29.57353 mL, [16] and a US food labelling fluid ounce is 30 mL. [17] The fluid ounce is sometimes referred to simply as an "ounce" in contexts where its use is implicit, such as bartending .
A wine bottle is a bottle, generally a glass bottle, that is used for holding wine. Some wines are fermented in the bottle while others are bottled only after fermentation. Recently the bottle has become a standard unit of volume to describe sales in the wine industry, measuring 750 millilitres (26.40 imp fl oz; 25.36 US fl oz).