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All other drinks are not spirits (for the purposes of the act) and could be free poured. Today, these other drinks may not be free poured, but must be measured, though the bar is free to choose the size of the measure (which must be advertised). In practice, most bars will use the same size measure as for the four spirits. [5]
Rounded up to 25 mL in 1985. Scotland and Northern Ireland (and British premises grandfathered in before the act was enforced) were allowed to keep their larger measures, as long as the glassware was consistent and marked and advertised as such. Shot (UK) 25 mL: Legal serving of spirits (gin, rum, vodka and whisky) in the UK since 1985. [15]
A shot glass is a glass originally designed to hold or measure spirits or liquor, which is either imbibed straight from the glass ("a shot") or poured into a cocktail ("a drink"). An alcoholic beverage served in a shot glass and typically consumed quickly, in one gulp, may also be known as a " shooter " or “shot”.
However, a larger 35 ml (1.2 US fl oz) measure is increasingly used (and in particular is standard in Northern Ireland [37]), which contains 1.4 units of alcohol at 40% ABV. Sellers of spirits by the glass must state the capacity of their standard measure in ml. In Australia, a 30 ml (1.0 US fl oz) shot of spirits (40% ABV) is 0.95 standard drinks.
A peg is a unit of volume, typically used to measure amounts of liquor in the Indian subcontinent. Informally, a peg is an undefined measure of any alcoholic drink poured in a glass. The terms "large (bara) peg" and "small (chota) peg" are equal to 60 ml and 30 ml, respectively, [1] with "peg" alone simply referring to a 60 ml peg. [2]
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