Michigan proposes law ensuring a pint of beer contains every ounce it should

Beer-loving Canadians visiting Michigan will be saying cheers to a proposed law that would take out the measuring cup on their glasses of beer — ensuring each pint has the promised 16 oz.

The bill would bring the law down on stingy beer pours, making it illegal to advertise beer as a pint and then pour less than 16 oz. into the glass, according to the Detroit Free Press. Some pub owners complained the law could mean buying new sets of glassware, since some beer glasses come in 14 oz. sizes that wouldn't abide by the legal standard.

Internationally, beer size regulations vary: Britain has required their Imperial pints of beer contain a full 19.2 ounces since 1698, while sizes in Australia vary by state, from schooners to pots to pints.

Canada's federal regulation defines a pint as containing 20 oz, and requires that merchants sell the amount they're advertising. However, the numbers have brewed up a muddle of confusion in British Columbia in past years because of provincial laws making it illegal to serve more than 17.5 ounces of beer at one time, according to the Vancouver Sun.

Sun reporters discovered the contradiction in 2009, which effectively made it illegal to sell anything called a pint in B.C. That law has been amended, according to the Sun, but efforts such as the Campaign for Real Ale have fought for bars to be more fair and honest about how much beer they're pouring.

Don't miss a drop, bartender. We'll have our measuring tools and our koozies ready.

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