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The licensee of a Polish bar has vowed to take his battle to serve beer in litres all the way to the House of Lords.
Nic Davison, Punch leaseholder at the Kuchnia Polska in Doncaster, has been warned that he faces a court appearance and a £2,000 fine if he does not serve his draught beer in pints.
The Polish themed café and bar opened in May this year to serve the 18,000-strong Polish community in Doncaster. However, Trading Standards issued an Infringement Notice against Davison for breaching Weights and Measures legislation on 24 July because he serves Polish beer Zweic in 0.5L and 0.3L measures.
But Davison has vowed to ignore Trading Standards warning to switch over to pint glasses within 28 days.
“This is absolutely farcical,” he said. “I want the law changed to give the British public the right to choose whether they want beer in pints or litres.
“We clearly mark that our beer is in litres so everyone knows what they are getting. I am looking forward to my day in court becau
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kevin o'connor 06/08/2008 13:16:27  |
RE: Litre of beer battle begins Sorry but in this case I agree with trading standards This post replies to this thread |
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George Baker 06/08/2008 13:46:07 |
Kevin, I agree. It always fascinates me as to why people feel an overwhelming need to establish themselves as some kind of martyr in pursuit of such irrelevances. Mr Davison, your pub is in the UK and we serve draught beer and cider by imperial. We had special dispensation under EU law to do this because the pint was (and still is) seen as being part of the British way of life. Call it heritage, call it tradition, call it just being British! Are you losing custom by having to serve in imperial? I very much doubt it. Are you anticipating the Polish community will flock to your pub if you were to get metric measures adopted into your pub AND your competitors? Absolute nonsense, but fair play - any publicity is good publicity. I would have thought as a Punch lessee Mr Davison would have far more pressing battles to fight than 500ml v 568ml. This post replies to this thread |
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Steve Metzler 06/08/2008 13:59:54 |
RE: Litre of beer battle begins Unbeeeeeeeeeeeeeeivable. What a great example of the Nanny State gone stupid. Why do they think the pubic, especially the drinking public, will not be abe to do the Maths on the prices to tell whether they are being ripped off or not. They should be more concerned about the education system if that is the real reason. This post replies to this thread |
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| Philip Jones 06/08/2008 14:13:20 |
RE: Litre of beer battle begins "UK law states that all draught beer, lager and cider products must be served in multiples of 1/3 pint or 1/2 pint." That's not strictly true. 1/3pt is legal, so are multiples of 1/2pt, but not multiples of 1/3pt. So 2/3pt is not a legal measure for draught beer and cider. This post replies to this thread |
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| Martin Burton 06/08/2008 14:16:45 |
RE: Litre of beer battle begins Again we have a case of breaking the british traditions. The landlord is just after publicity and popularity for his pub with the Poles. Good luck to him, maybe he could open a bar in Poland for Brits and challenge in their courts to serve pints! Having spoken to polish friends, they love our pubs and drinking traditions and couldnt give a toss about his case!! This post replies to this thread |
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| Forum user 4730 06/08/2008 14:18:19 |
RE: Litre of beer battle begins Freedom of measures sounds very liberal but what if everybody chooses their own measures including US and Roman? Standardisation makes price comparison easy for customers. But if Mr Davison really wants to sell in measures of 0.5 litres then the law certainly allows it. Just a bit of creative thinking is required. Simply serve in Pints and charge for only 0.5 litre giving away 0.068 litres free. Warren Edwardes Wine for Spice http://wineforspice.com Just some creative thinking is required. This post replies to this thread |
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| Martin LLoyd 06/08/2008 14:35:37 |
RE: Litre of beer battle begins Mr Davison, sorry but you are in BRITAIN, please stick to our rules and regulations, if we were in Poland, we would respect customs, traditions and laws. I hope the publicity brings you custom. Martin Lloyd This post replies to this thread |
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| eddie robinson 06/08/2008 14:37:51 |
RE: Litre of beer battle begins This realy is a bit of a non-argument given that a 'glass of wine' can be any quantity you choose to sell. Besides, personally I'm in favour of straight bananas as well. This post replies to Martin LLoyd > RE: Litre of beer battle begins |
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| Ewan Turney 06/08/2008 14:40:42 |
RE: Litre of beer battle begins Philip, Thanks for your eagle eye. You are of course right and I have altered our article to make that clearer. You can serve 1/3 pint and then multiples of 1/2 pint but not multiples of 1/3 as you say. Thanks Ewan edited by: Ewan Turney at: 06/08/2008 14:40:56 This post replies to Philip Jones > RE: Litre of beer battle begins |
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| George Baker 06/08/2008 15:04:55 |
RE: Litre of beer battle begins Eddie, you can offer different amounts of wine by the glass but only 125ml or 175ml or multiples of either (but not combinations). So 125ml ok, 175 ml ok, 250ml ok (2 x 125ml), 300ml not ok, 350ml ok (2 x 175ml), 375ml OK (3 x 125ml). Wine can be sold by the bottle in any size provided the capacity is shown on the bottle. edited by: George Baker at: 06/08/2008 15:05:33 This post replies to eddie robinson > RE: Litre of beer battle begins |
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