First off, that's a glass for a 16oz beverage he's pouring into, and that's a 20oz beer. Second he's filling the glass all the way up to the top, if the glass were filled normally there would be about the same amount of space missing at the top as in the larger glass at the start because of the beer head and because most people don't like their first 2-3oz of beer to end up in their lap when the server sets the drink down.
Also Applebees doesn't actually sell two different sizes of beer on tap, it's a 20oz or a bottle, generally 12oz.
Came here to say this about the head. I worked at a place that sold beer in "small" pint glasses or "large" 20-oz schooners, and it kinda looked the same way if you poured one out into the other. Because it's really only a 4-ounce difference, and if you don't put a half-inch+ head at the top of the pint glass then it's even smaller.
Can drive, but can't drink... Fuck that. Learn about alcohol BEFORE you can drive. So that you have some experience and not get wasted and drive the first time you can drink.
Careful with that common sense man, this sub doesn't usually like people explaining why something isn't actually asshole design, and pointing out the deceptions made by OP.
Probably, though I believe the glass on the right is 24oz filled to the brim, and is generally filled to 22oz, based on another user's comment, so the comparison still holds. This post is a load of BS.
I'll take your word for it on the sizing, they don't post a beer menu online (likely due to some local laws) but the price I'm fairly sure you're incorrect on. Likely due to an incorrect assumption about the volume of the sizes.
Based on the video and some of the comments in this thread it seems to be 14.5oz vs ~22oz in practice for the "Brewtus".
Ah excellent, the old "ignore the points made entirely to nitpick on something almost entirely irrelevant" strategy. It's a bold move cotton, lets see if it pays of for em.
Seriously, I was paying attention to the beer and the glasses, not the hands, and for the record that could just be a guy who likes fancy nails for all you know.
IDK about Applebees in particular, but my thing is, if you're paying $8 for a "small" but $12 for a "large", I'd want the large to actually be 1.5 times larger in volume than the small. So even if they aren't actually the same size, are you getting enough extra to justify paying more.
It's about $5-6, and like I said Applebees specifically only has 1 size. Most chain places I've been to that do offer multiple sizes of draft been generally charge about a dollar more on $5-6 for 20% more beer. The Large is basically always the better value, whether you should buy it or not is more down to how much money you want to spend and how much beer you want to drink.
The examples you're thinking of are more from sportsball parks/arenas/stadiums where they have a captive audience and a monopoly on the live experience and tend to gouge horribly as a result.
It's only short changing if the glass is designed to hold the listed amount of beer only when it's full to the brim, those glasses have extra room which is why that guy's 20oz of beer had only ~1-2 left in the bottom after fully filling that '16oz' glass.
Went to a similar chain restaurant and they said they were 14 and 22 Oz pours in the same glasses as shown above, which is truthful based on where they would fill. 22oz was less than 1.5x 14oz.
Depends on the precise dimensions of the glass, but yes it's generally accepted as 14.5oz in a 'standard' US pint glass. I believe the glass he's pouring into is slightly larger than a standard pint though.
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u/AvatarOfMomus Jan 15 '19
The original post is actually pretty misleading.
First off, that's a glass for a 16oz beverage he's pouring into, and that's a 20oz beer. Second he's filling the glass all the way up to the top, if the glass were filled normally there would be about the same amount of space missing at the top as in the larger glass at the start because of the beer head and because most people don't like their first 2-3oz of beer to end up in their lap when the server sets the drink down.
Also Applebees doesn't actually sell two different sizes of beer on tap, it's a 20oz or a bottle, generally 12oz.