Alpo Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Possibly they use the same terms in Canada and/or Australia. In one book they mention a half bottle of whiskey. Not like it's a bottle of whiskey that's half empty, but that a half bottle is a well-known measurement. In the second book they mentioned a quarter bottle of whiskey - again as if that's a well-known measurement. Now I am assuming that a full bottle of whiskey would be a quart, so a half bottle would be a pint, and a quarter bottle a half pint. We had these measurements, hello (and here I thought I had managed to get by without otto sticking his nose in it, LO THESE) many years ago before it was decided we needed to be on the metric system. And we still have bottles that people refer to as a pint and a half pint, even though they are not. But we don't - or at least I've never heard anyone - use the terms half bottle and quarter bottle. So am I correct am I (not am I a second time, you moron, IN MY) supposition? Is a half bottle a pint? Terms change over time. I have a book written in 1941 where they tell the chauffeur to go to the kitchen and tell the cook to give him a half whiskey. And someone expresses shock that they're going to give the chauffeur a half pint of whiskey ("he won't be able to see the road driving home"), and they explain to him that in Scotland a half whiskey is a small whiskey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 https://home.binwise.com/blog/liquor-bottle-sizes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 they forgot the QT. mason jar CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 I think with Brits at least it'd be whisky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 ...... or gin ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ...... or gin ..... I believe he is complaining about my spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFY Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 your spelling? it’s spelled one way in Nipon, Canada & Scottland, and another way in Ireland and the USA*. *except for Maker’s Mark, Old Forester & George Dickel (who drop the e). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Micky, is a Half Bottle . Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 A bottle is 26 Imp. Oz. Micky is 13 Oz. Never heard of Quarter Bottles . Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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