mtbc | Carefully measured liquor; inflation

I enjoy most alcoholic drinks but I rarely drink much so I often have some small bottles in the cabinet. Plenty of lager is available 330ml at a time which is about right for me; I notice that my Stella Artois is actually 284ml. Also about right are the little 187ml bottles of wine; I like both red and white. Whisky can come in nice selection boxes of 5cl bottles but in that case I prefer to have less than a bottle over an evening so I pour around half and weigh it as part of my calorie-counting. (If cask strength, I may then add a couple of small ice cubes.) Tonight I have some Talisker from Skye.

With some countable foods, such as frozen fish fillets or spring rolls, it is not unusual to get an unexpected extra beyond the advertised count. In splitting my whisky bottles I find that if I poured 25g one night then there will be 25g left for another. Manufacturers seem very careful not to give us free whisky! Once that appears to no longer be true then it will be a sign to recalibrate our weighing scale.

Incidentally, I recall that, at least for one period while I was an undergraduate, from the college bar a pint^* of Stella Artois cost £1.45, so partway between cheapest-lager at £1.20 and Guinness at £1.60.

^* In the UK sense so twenty fluid ounces though those ounces are slightly smaller than the American ones.