Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Corey Richardson wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:29:19 GMT, "James Silverton"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Corey wrote on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:32 +0100:
>>>
>>>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub
>>>> is 35ml or 25ml respectively.
>>>
>>>> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?
>>>
>>>I'm not sure how consistent it is in the US. It is usually agreed that a
>>>"shot" is 1.5 oz (44ml) but there are all sorts of strange things like
>>>"jigger" and "pony". I usually stick to beer :-)
>>
>> Thanks. Interesting. I wondered why Americans looked at single shot in
>> the UK funny.
>
> Here's a good USan example. Shot glass, showing 1.5oz/45ml to be a shot,
> next to a pony/jigger measurer that doesn't say how much either of those
> are.
>
> http://www.homebarsupplys.com/mix_ac...measuring.html

And down blow is a measuring bottle spout that gives 1oz (2/3 shot?) of
booze at a time.


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