Do you remember a fifth of whiskey, instead of 750ml ?

There’s a whole long article in wikipedia about it with a time line and explanation of why it is not yet implemented.

I remember how excited I was that the U. S. was finally going to join the rest of the civilized world with a sensible measuring system, only to see the efforts suffer set back after setback by ignorant, close-minded people.

I remember hearing people use the term “a fifth” of whatever.

Given enough whiskey, I wouldn’t even remember my own name.

In the liquor stores around here a half pint is 187ml, a pint is 375ml, a fifth is 750ml and a half gallon is 1.5 liters.

@YARNLADY I was excited about it too. By avoiding the metric system we join the two other remaining countries still using the English system: Liberia and Myanmar.
‘Nuf said.

And that’s exactly what we need to do to metrify. A gallon needs to be 3L, a pound = ½ a kilo, and a mile = 1.5km.

@grumpyfish Sure that’s not a 1.75 bottle?
Here in the States I read somewhere that one reason many whisky’s are not imported is that they are not in 750ml or 1.75 bottles. Many distilleries don’t want to re-tool so to speak. And that’s the only sizes that we (U.S.) allow in.