Free Drinks

[stuey]

Does the owner of the bar or pub that you frequent give free drinks at Christmas and New Years?

[tonyav]

None that I know of, stuey. Does this happen in Canada ?.

[BlackadderV]

It used to be the case in pubs round here that the landlord would give regular customers a free tot on New Year's Day. Don't think it happens much now, though.

[stuey]

The owner of the one I frequent does. Mind you, she keeps it downplayed so that only we regulars get them. You have a choice between a bottle of beer or a shot (1.5oz). I'll be toddling off to meet her soonly:)

[elliemay1]

We get a free bottle of wine at Christmas in one restaurant which we frequent and a free meal in another.

[ummmm]

Yep....my uncles the landlord.

[stuey]

That's twice I've seen the word "landlord": do they own the business?

[BlackadderV]

Might do or might not. In pub terms it means the person who holds the licence. The female equivalent is landlady.

[lardhelmet]

Stuey - you still havent told me what landfill means in Canada.

[tonyav]

stuey, what is 1.5oz, is that the shot or the beer ?.

[BlackadderV]

Comparatively few pubs in the UK are privately owned these days; most belong to brewery chains. The correct term for the person in charge is licensee.

[stuey]

Lardhelmet, I'm sorry; I didn't even know that you'd asked. Anyway it's sort of like a garbage-dump which I think you call a tip.

[BlackadderV]

42.5 ml. Actually quite generous

[pastafreak]

I don't know if its still done,but bartenders in the pubs I used to go to in Brooklyn always 'bought' every 4th or 5th drink...any time,not just for Christmas/New Years.

[lardhelmet]

Thanks stuey. No problem.

[tonyav]

We have landfills as well for the same purpose, stuey.

[stuey]

You choose between a bottle of beer, or a shot of liquor. Ok, most bars in Ontario are privately owned unlike over there.

[tonyav]

Thanks stuey. So when you guys ( Canadians ) go into a bar do you ask for whatever drink that you want by weight ?.

[BlackadderV]

20 fl oz make a pint which= 568ml. So 568 x 1.5/20 = 42.6.

[stuey]

No, Tony. I just mentioned the 1.5oz (fluid) to describe the size of the drink.

[BlackadderV]

Ounces and fluid ounces are not the same thing. The former is a measure of weight, the latter of capacity.