Stop getting ripped off by Roman restaurants

One strange thing about pints is that they are different size in the USA and in the UK.

So its better to have a pint in the UK (more than half a liter) rather than in the US (less than half a liter).

Yes - an Australian "pint" is 20 imperial fluid ounces, and equal (rounded) to 570 ml. But the more usual measures are "middie" (also pot or handle) of 10 ounces, or the "schooner" of 15 ounces.

A pint is half a quart. A gallon is 4 quarts. An imperial gallon is 160 oz and therefore an imperial quart is 40oz and an imperial pint is 20oz like Jingili just wrote.

A US gallon is also 4 quarts but a US gallon is only 128oz and therefore a US quart is only 32oz and a US pint 16oz.

So, Lucapal conclusion is right: its better to have a pint in the UK but the real reason is because the beer is better.

To complicate it further, while there are only 16 fl oz in a US pint, its ounce a bit larger (29.57 ml) than an imperial fluid ounce (just 28.4 ml). Please go metric America!

In Canada, it's illegal to sell a "pint" unless it's 20 fluid ounces. You can't sell an American "pint" in Canada.

Many bars in Canada don't want to give customers a full 20 ounces of their beer, and so have to call their fake pints something other than pints.

ben has pretty much hit the nail on the head. A half in the old country is worth a 6-pac in the new.

Granted, the major American beers are, um, woeful.
(Much like Italy!)

However, there are some local/regional brands and an ever-expanding number of micro-breweries that turn out a very nice product indeed.
(Much like Italy!)

Darn, now I want a beer...

The micro-brew craze in the States is all marketing and no hops.

I can only speak with authority of the well-established Chicago micro-brewery, Goose Island.
Them's good beers.

I'm in the process of treating myself to a pre-dinner Ichnusa, "birra di Sardegna." It's light and summery! And available at popular prices. Think Corona with a little more heft.

If any of our Italian correspondents have suggestions for other flavourful Italian beers... I'm all ears.
Or if you'd just like to chime in with your local fave.
I suppose that's equally relevant to not getting scammed in Rome restaurants...

There are some good craft beers in Italy now, Livorno is a particular hotbed I can't remember names. And for once I will stick up for the US there are some superb craft beers coming from there at the moment.

I've had some really good wheat craft beers in the US and since I live in brewery central Germany, that's saying something.