Baking, Physics and Thingamajigs: Why Measuring is a Must
Cowboys beware! There's a new NMI sheriff in town and he's here for your jiggers!
There’s widespread concern that hospitality operators are wilfully under-serving spirits and beer and/or not using correct measuring instruments (jiggers) to take advantage of patrons. Inspectors from the NMI will be carrying out nationwide inspections and fines are hefty.
How the jiggers took a u-turn
Not all jiggers are made equal when it comes to accuracy. Look more closely at that round jigger. If you fill it to the top for a full measure, you'll notice a bubble forms. This is called meniscus and that can lead to bars wasting liquor and losing profits...
A jigger for wine? - It's no pour decision!
There is a flaw in using the white plimsoll line marked on the side of a wine glass. While lines make clear cut boundaries on the sports field or in a car park, the same can not be said for wine glasses.
Unlike spirits, there is no (in either the USA, or Australia) legal requirement for what a measure of wine should be, just some guidelines. So the question remains, what is a standard wine measure?
A mal-line influence: why some all-in-one jiggers just don't measure up
SOWO – Where the War on Waste meets the Scourge of Spillage
Feel the need, the need for speed... pourers!
An important maths lesson from behind the bar
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