500ml to 440ml?

Edit: the 440 on the right, is the last of a can that I bought in a four pack. The 500 on the left, is one of three I bought as singles.

Packaged Guinness comes in 440 milliliters. Single cans of Guinness come in 500 mL.

Apparently, that’s how Guinness does it here in Canada.

And apparently, I lazily avoided any attempt to research or apply any level of critical thinking before posting.

  • @SpeedLimit55
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    710 months ago

    Imperial weight, thank the Brits.

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months ago

      An imperial pint is 568 mL.

      A pint in the American customary unit system is 473 mL.

      I don’t think anything is 440 mL.

      • @Frozengyro
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        2710 months ago

        I think that beer on the right is 440mL.

        • RBG
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          610 months ago

          Check out the big brain on Brad!

      • @SpeedLimit55
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        710 months ago

        The 440ml beer + can weight is an imperial pound.

        440ml = 440g + 14g can weight

        • @[email protected]
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          10 months ago

          That’s a thought, but I don’t think that it’s actually 1 lb, unless you’ve got a source somewhere saying that that’s what they’re aiming for.

          A standard aluminum soda can – 12 fluid ounces – apparently weighs about 15 grams, and a Guiness can holds 14.87 fluid ounces, so it’ll be heavier.

          Beer is – looking at some online numbers, though it varies by beer – maybe about 5% denser than water.

          I’d guess – and I don’t have a can of Guiness to weigh handy – that it’d probably weigh about 480 grams.

          A pound would be 453 g.

          • @SpeedLimit55
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            210 months ago

            Yeah I could be wrong, just something I read or heard somewhere. I like random British things lol.