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Replaced in 1980 with the metric 375 mL Demi Bottle for both still and sparkling wines. Half Liter (US) 16.9: 500 mL: 2 ⁄ 3 Bottle: Was one of the eight standardized US metric bottle sizes listed on January 1, 1980, but was withdrawn on June 30, 1989. Still used in countries that sell wine in half-liters and liters. Bottle (US) 25: 739.3 mL ...
375 ml (3 ⁄ 8 L) 500 ml (1 ⁄ 2 L) 750 ml (3 ⁄ 4 L) 1 L; 1.5 L; 2 L; 3 L; 5 L; In the United States, the alcohol industry switched to metric bottle sizes on October 1, 1976, abandoning the existing 38 sizes of bottles and instead adopting the following 6 sizes: [2] 50 mL (miniature) 200 mL (replaced the half-pint) (≈237 mL is a U.S. half ...
The chart below [6] lists the sizes of various wine bottles in multiples relating to a standard bottle of wine, which is 0.75 litres (0.20 US gal; 0.16 imp gal) (six 125 mL servings). The "wineglassful"—an official unit of the apothecaries' system of weights —is much smaller at 2.5 imp fl oz (71 mL ).
Moët & Chandon Champagne bottles in different sizes, probably 200ml (piccolo), 375 ml (demi), 750 ml, 1.5L, 3L, 6L, 9L, 12L and 18L from left to right. Date 9 January 2007
Many of these sizes are now rarely used. In contemporary SA pubs and restaurants, the most frequent measures are the "schooner" of 285 mL (an imperial half pint), and the "pint" of 425 mL. "Imperial pints" are also increasingly popular, along with the sale of "premium" and non-locally brewed beer in bottles of between 300 mL to 375 mL.
Such milk bottles are no longer officially referred to as pints. However, the "pint glass" in pubs in Australia remains closer to the standard imperial pint, at 570 mL. It holds about 500 mL of beer and about 70 mL of froth, except in South Australia, where a pint is served in a 425 mL glass and a 570 mL glass is called an "imperial pint".
1989 — the year of big hair. The first season of "The Simpsons" and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It’s also the last time the US government updated the health warning labels on alcohol.
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