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Default Spirit measures in the US and Canada?

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:29:19 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

>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 :-)


I used to think a shot was one ounce and a jigger is 1.5 ounce. I
think a typical drink is supposed to be 1.5 ounce.
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EZ Larry from St. Louis