A pint-sized ripoff is costing thirsty B.C. beer drinkers tens of millions of dollars annually.
A Vancouver Sun investigation of 15 pubs and bars in the city claiming to be selling “pints” of beer found that nine of the establishments — or 60 per cent — failed to pour at or near the legal requirement of 20 Imperial ounces.
The average pint purchased by The Sun cost $6.19 and the average serving size was just 17.5 ounces, equal to an overcharging of 77 cents.
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Larry Pynn – Vancouver Sun – July 18, 2014.