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Drink Measures
This condition provides customers the opportunity to choose
small measures of beer, ciders, spirits and wine.
Mandatory Condition 5
The responsible person shall ensure that:
(a) where any of the
following alcoholic drinks is sold or supplied for consumption on
the premises (other than alcoholic drinks sold or supplied having
been made up in advance ready for sale or supply in a securely
closed container) it is available to customers in the following
measures:
(i) beer or
cider: ½ pint;
(ii) gin, rum, vodka or
whisky: 25ml or 35 ml; and
(iii) still wine in a
glass: 125ml; and
(b) customers are made aware
of the availability of these measures.
Guidance relating to this condition
Your customers must also be made aware of the
availability of these measures; for example, by listing them
on a drink menus displayed at the bar. You must comply with Weights
and Measures legislation where you should be displaying a minimum
of 30 items on your menu with prices and measures.
This does not prevent you from serving larger
sizes as well as the measures listed, such as 250ml wine, pints or
doubles although all measures offered must comply with Weights and
Measures legislation.
This does not prevent you selling “ready to
drink” pre-packaged alcoholic drinks which come in different
sizes. Please state that wine is not served by the
glass but the size of the pre-packaged bottle.
As long as you have either the measure by
way of optic, stamped glass or a thimble you are covered under the
requirements.
Beer - You can provide 1/2 pints of shandy which is 1/3 pint of
beer. This is due to the Weights and Measure
legislation. As you can see the mandatory
conditions says in 1/2 pint measures. Therefore, as long as
you can provide the 1/2 pint measure you are complying with this
mandatory condition. Therefore, beer can be served as 1/3
pint, 1/2 pint or a pint.
Spirits - Gin, Rum, Vodka and Whisky should be
supplied in 25ml or 35ml optics. If you provide a house
double then you can have a 50ml optic as long as you have the 25ml
or 35ml of the same brand next to it. Alternatively, you can
have the 50ml optic in place as long as you have the same brand in
a bottle with a thimble for 25ml measure so that you can provide a
customer the smaller measure.
Still Wine - You can now buy wine glasses
which have the line stamped on the glass with the amounts i.e
125ml, 175ml and 250ml. If you already have glasses but do
not have the 125ml measure you can either buy new glasses or buy a
thimble.
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