Beer pours at restaurants (BW3's)

[EdWort]

It's the truth. And you can't argue with it. I try often to argue against truth in this forum

Yeah, but that's what makes your posts entertaining.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

The corporates just hope that people will do as you suggest and sheepishly accept what is given.

You miss my mark good sir. I suggest taking your business else where. If you think that by continuing to purchase their beer and writing them nasty emails they will change a practice that is obviously making them rich...

I say, go somewhere else as the OP suggested he would if he was indeed being shorted. The most power you have as a consumer is to choose where to spend you money.

For example, I don't agree with BW3's business model, so I have never given them a dime of my money. I have eaten there, and it was fine, but I have never given them my money and never will. This short pour issue just goes onto the list of reasons.

I find that most chains have this mind set because they are large corporations, not privately owner and impassioned places of business.

 

[beerkrump]

LGI,you can't handle the truth!

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

OK. before I use Ed's link to write them a nasty gram, are we sure this is a nation wide thing. I don't really want my name attached to something that makes me look like an idiot. [Again, see my advice above about not acting like a beer snob and then turning out to be an idiot *DING* ]

 

[EdWort]

I'm so happy to have a decent beer bar within walking distance that sells draft pints on Sunday's after 7 pm for $2.50 a pint. It's a true pint with the glass filled to the rim.

Gotta love Little Woodrow's in Bee Cave, home of the Hill Country Homebrew Club

 

[olllllo]

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Beervana@olllllo Re: Honest Pint Project. Try here http://honestpintproject.org/ and here http://tinyurl.com/knujtl. Also on Facebook!

Jeff Alworth aka Beervana is the founder of the honest Pint Project and is mentioned in the WSJ story.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

LGI,you can't handle the truth!

I've tickled it under the nuts a few times though.

 

[Whiskey]

What do they charge for that size glass normally?

 

[beerkrump]

BK - I think a vast majority of operations in the restaurant and bar business are run this way and that's just the sad truth of it.

I used to work as a chef and bartender and I can tell you that in the end the companies who valued high quality service and product over the bottom line were never going to break the bank. But, they were by far better places to work and the owners/managers/employees were happier people.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I don't really want my name attached to something that makes me look like an idiot.]

Kabouter loves Gnomey......Get out of THAT one!! (And welcome to my stupid club)

 

[cactusgarrett]

I knew I had a BW3 big ass beer glass from a promotion a while back. I dug it out and measured the contents. As you can see, it is 23 ounces if it is full to the rim with NO FOAM.

And if you were to bring up this issue, I'm sure the corporate stance would be that "it's a promotional glass that is not intended to be used for daily operations, and therefore, cannot be held to those claims." Just thinking corporate-ish.

 

[beerkrump]

I've tickled it under the nuts a few times though.

Jack likes...

 

[Pangea]

Ummm... am I missing something? What's the 3rd W in BW3?

And to keep in line with the thread - A pint is a pint is a pint. Any restaurant that tries to swindle you out of a few ounces should be ashamed of themselves. Usually this kind of management decision is not atypical for an organization and indicates "cheapness" throughout. In the long run, businesses that cheat the consumer never last. They'll get what they deserve.

That being said, I've always found it hard to visually judge what a true pint is. I've tried before and I'm always off. Dont judge a pint unless you've got the tools to do it.

 

[cactusgarrett]

Ummm... am I missing something? What's the 3rd W in BW3?

Wick. I kid you not.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Ummm... am I missing something? What's the 3rd W in BW3?

And to keep in line with the thread - A pint is a pint is a pint. Any restaurant that tries to swindle you out of a few ounces should be ashamed of themselves. Usually this kind of management decision is not atypical for an organization and indicates "cheapness" throughout. In the long run, businesses that cheat the consumer never last. They'll get what they deserve.

That being said, I've always found it hard to visually judge what a true pint is. I've tried before and I'm always off. Dont judge a pint unless you've got the tools to do it.

That is why we need lines on the glasses like the rest of the free world.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

It doesn't list this on their site. I was all ramped up to give them a good lashing too.

I hope someone can confirm this is happening near me.

 

[Homercidal]

If they are offering 23 ounces of beer, and only giving 19, then there is a problem.

However, if they are offering "a 23 ounce beer", then that might indicate that they are offering a 23 ounce glass filled with beer and a proper 1" head. (Although, what the hell is the point of the head on a Miller Light? It's not like it has any aroma anyway...)

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

If they are offering 23 ounces of beer, and only giving 19, then there is a problem.

However, if they are offering "a 23 ounce beer", then that might indicate that they are offering a 23 ounce glass filled with beer and a proper 1" head. (Although, what the hell is the point of the head on a Miller Light? It's not like it has any aroma anyway...)

This is where I would bet they are hanging their hat. It is a 23 ounce experience, not just 23 oz of beer. That way it is sooo much better.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Head is not beer however you measure it. Beer is not a penis.

Did I say that out loud?

 

[Hugh_Jass]

Wick. I kid you not.

Not to nit-pick, but it's WECK Weck is the sauce.

Buffalo Wild Wings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


A twenty-three ounce beer advertised, should be a twenty-three ounce beer served.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

A twenty-three ounce beer advertised, should be a twenty-three ounce beer served.

I think Ben Franklin first said that.







and this....

Beer is not a penis.

 

[cactusgarrett]

Not to nit-pick, but it's WECK Weck is the sauce.

Buffalo Wild Wings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


A twenty-three ounce beer advertised, should be a twenty-three ounce beer served.

Yup yup. My bad - going by memory (w/o searching). Point stands = stoopid. Buffalo Wild Wings We-gyp-you-of-paid-beer

 

[beerkrump]

Not to nit-pick, but it's WECK Weck is the sauce.

Buffalo Wild Wings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


A twenty-three ounce beer advertised, should be a twenty-three ounce beer served.

Weck is short for kummelweck, a German roll. A beef on weck, or weck, is a mainstay of Western NY, like buffalo wings.

Signed food snob

 

[EdWort]

And if you were to bring up this issue, I'm sure the corporate stance would be that "it's a promotional glass that is not intended to be used for daily operations, and therefore, cannot be held to those claims." Just thinking corporate-ish.

Nope, it's the same glass that they still use today.

 

[beerkrump]

Beer is not a penis.

Makes one rethink the phrase 'Sucking down a cold one...'

 

[carl spakler]

Has anyone actually verified the volume of the glass that is the root of this stink as the same one pictured?

 

[Sigafoos]

Not to nit-pick, but it's WECK Weck is the sauce.

For some reason, old people around here say it wick. I think it's how you're supposed to, I guess? They also pronounce 'creek' 'crick' and call ground beef 'hamburg' (oh yeah, we gave you guys burgers too; you're welcome).

But buffalo wings aren't a mainstay of WNY. We don't know what those are. We eat chicken wings and wonder what the hell the rest of the country is talking about.

 

[conpewter]

Yet another reason I love the local brewpub, all the pint glasses are 20oz and has "An Honest Pint Guaranteed" screened on to it. The literature states that it is 20oz so you can have the proper head and still get a pint of beer.

OTOH I'm in the "Mug club" so I get a 25oz mug, best one time $25 I ever spent (also has other benefits)

 

[pnj]

I didn't read all 12 page but I'm sure someone has mentioned "short pints"? or whatever they are calling them.. looks like a pint glass, feels like a pint glass but has more glass on the bottom, making it NOT a pint glass.

All the more reason to stay home and drink my own damm beer.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Now I'm simply curious. How much does a MuckDonald's quarter pounder weigh?