a schooner is typically 425 ml, 3/4 of a pint, depending where in australia u are.

matt b, queenstown, nz

A guy who drinks 1/2 pints can drink more than a guy who drinks pints.its an old fact. He is slower & sready at his drinking & doesnt drown himself in Beer.
Expierence in the licensed trade gained over at least 10 yrs so smaller glasses could encourage heavier drinking

C Smith, Burlington, Canada

The most important thing is that once these measures are implemented, that the pint is outlawed and the police and the courts can waste an inordinate amount of time prosecuting recalcitrant publicans.

Paul, Singapore,

It's easy to see why some members of the BBPA would support this measure. If you are charging for a pint and serving 500ml, the opportunities for increasing the amount NOT dispensed with each delivery from the pump also increases. Oversize glasses marked at a pint are required as in the 60's.

Bill Q, Derby,

I see no point in this, it's probably just a cheap strategy to raise prices, I think it'll probably have a horrible result on business for pubs.

Since the smoking ban, pubs have already been serving less and less customers, if pints were to go I'm sure most drinkers would just stay at home.

Luca, turin, Italy

How about going metric and just offering a 350ml glass?

Sandy, Edinburgh,

A wonderful excuse to increase the price of beer.

alex, forres, uk

Dont tell me it will cost the smae as pint, what crap its just an excuse to put prices up.

MR Jones, Liverpool, England

Anyone not think the idea is for the 2/3 pint to be the norm, with the price then rising to the same as for a pint now? And the pint to be renamed jumbo or something similar with an extra premium added to the price? Not so much "increasing choice" as lining the brewers' pockets for no extra effort.

Graham Rounce, London, UK

The size will be reduced by a third and the price by a sixth - the answer to financial problems in pubs.

Eddie Reader, birmingham, england

1. How many civil servants are wasting our money thinking about this?
2. Will 2/3 of a pint cost 2/3 of the price of a pint, or just slightly more?
The pint seems to work for bitter (which it was probably designed for), but not for lager. Lager drinkers can buy halves if they like.

John, London,

Just an excuse to charge you the same price for less, it will slip in as the standard measure but the price will stay the same. Thanks for solving a problem that isn't a problem in the first place.

Mark Woodward, Maidstone, England

Get real, what British drinkers want is the buck measure,(5 litre large bucket), Then they wouldn't have to go to the bar every 2 minutes for refills.

brian keating, agde, france

After living in England for 58 years, the last 40 enjoying the delights of a good pint, I can see no merit in buying a twother. I find that in our climate and pulled properly, a pint of bitter is neither warm or flat by the time I have drunk it. Of course if it was insipid Australian lager!!!

Steve, Chester, England

In South Australia they have solved the problem by calling the two-thirds pint glass (which other Australian states call a 'schooner') a 'pint' and charging as much as a real pint.
They do the same with a 'middy' or'pot' (half pint) which they then call a 'schooner'.
Pommy drinkers beware!

Larry Podmore, Adelaide, Australia

after living in australia for 4 years i can't see why you'd want to drink a pint. by the time you're done its warm and flat. unless you drink it quicker - then you get drunk quicker.

Jimbob, sydney,

Why do we need standard sizes at all? Milk can be sold in any quantity, why not beer? So long as it's clear what you're getting I don't see the problem...

Andrew Gallagher, Galway,