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[Unchosen]

Hi guys, I'm Unchosen and I'm new to the Forum.

I've recently started working behind a bar, I actually opened a pool place and bar and since I couldn't be bother hiring staff I did the work myself.

I recently had a friendly heated argument with one of my workers.

It was about the word "a shot".

I insisted that "a shot" contained 1 oz (30 mg) (I was half correct) and my worker claimed "a shot" contained 0.5 oz(15 mg).

The worker pointed at a measuring cup (the double sided one that has two opposing cone containers, one smaller than the other) and said the small end was one shot and the other end was a double shot.

I denied it and so the worker called her OTHER boss who told me that 15 mg (0.5 oz) was a shot and therefore 1 oz was a double shot. I was stumped and defeated and 10 dollars short.

Now, I refuse to believe that a regular shot glass is actually a double shot. It makes almost NO sense what so ever.

Can someone please help me out and provide me some information so I can claim my 10 bucks back!!

[Monkey Justice]

Uh... I hate to throw some more confusion into the mix, but you're all wrong!

A standard shot glass is an ounce and a half. An oversized shooter is 2 oz. I'm pretty sure that it was establishments that wanted to ... lower the alcohol content, shall we say (read: cheap out their customers) ... that started using 1 oz. shooters.

Everything is based around the concept of the "standard drink". This varies by country. In the United States, one standard drink is about 14 grams of ethanol. For the average spirit (40-50 proof), this works out to 1.5 ounces of liquid.

Here is a link that might be helpful to you:

http://www.icap.org/pdf/report5.pdf

Good luck with that bet. You were closer, so I'd say your friend owes you your money back, and then half the original bet. A half ounce is DEFINITELY not a shot. A regular shot glass is a regular shot, and what is commonly called a "double shot glass" is really an "oversized" shooter, because it's not really double.

P.S. 1 oz = 30 mL, not 30 mg

[The Archvillain Bartender]

Heya Unchosen, I have something else for you. The double-sided cone thing that you mentioned is commonly called a "jigger". The large side is a full shot (1.5 ounces), and is sometimes referred to by itself as a "jigger" or "jigger shot". The small side is 1.0 ounces, and is often called a "pony shot".

It's a pretty handy tool behind the bar, gives you a bit of versatility. MJ is right about bars these days... most use pony shots (ie. one ounce) when they make highballs.

[AaronS]

most standard shot glasses are 1.5oz filled to the very top... but usualy you get 1oz served in them... which is 1mm short of filled compleatly.

but when mixing drinks you should be serving 1.5oz shots... which is about a 4 second count with a speed poorer...

[Herrald]

Line em up and knock em back... I think that the local bar owes me lots of half shots...

[turbosaleen]

you need to come to the bar I work at..... we don't have shot glasses we use a 10 oz rocks glass with about a 5 to 7 sec pour you get what you pay for...... feel free to check it out
www.somaultralounge.com fun place to go

[tuck1717]

the 1.5 side of the jigger is for one liquer drinks. While the 1. side of the jigger used to be for two liquer drinks with a slightly higher price, which usually confused the guest why the price is higher. So in turn most bars just started going with two .75 pours in drinks that contain two liquers. If you have a three or more liquer drink, you just have to use your judgement on how to make the quality of the drink. But it should contain no more than 2 ounces if it is a drink, or 1.5 ounces if it is a shot (unless it is a double). All drink qualities should be learned by a based on consumption rule (ha ha).