It’s illegal to pour a pint

By a Staff Reporter

EACH day, punters across the island are gulping down illegal ‘pints’ of beer, either unaware or indifferent to the fact that no such measurement exists in Cyprus.

According to a report in Phileleftheros, the Commerce Ministry has announced that the selling of a ‘pint’ in pubs, hotels and restaurants is illegal.

Asked by DISY deputy Georgios Georgiou to comment on the issue, the ministry’s Weights and Measures Service maintained Cyprus and all EU countries other than the UK and Ireland used the metric system. A pint as a liquid measurement is not recognised on the island.

Avid beer-drinking campaigner, Georgiou, asked the ministry what measures it was taking to deal with the varying size and shape of pint glasses used in bars, hotel and restaurants, which created unfair competition for the owner and the customer.

The ministry told the deputy that they would launch a campaign of awareness in all beer-slugging joints to enforce the legal measurements for beer glasses.

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