At roughly $10 a pint "it is very expensive," he conceded.
A unit of alcohol is roughly half a pint of normal strength lager, a small glass of wine or a single measure of spirits.
The then prime minister David Cameron proposed a minimum price of 40p per unit (a unit is roughly half a pint of medium strength beer) in an effort to "turn the tide" against binge drinking.
At 3,000 Vietnamese dong (roughly 16 cents) a pint, it is so inexpensive — "cheaper than water," a gregarious Vietnamese man told me — that locals know to buy a single drink to test the day's offering before deciding whether to stay.
One was about the dimensions of a quart-size Mason jar; the other roughly the size of a pint glass.
A unit of alcohol is roughly equivalent to half a pint of ordinary strength beer, or nearly one small (125ml) glass of wine.
The company has shaved about four inches off the original Echo, bringing it down to just a hair under six inches, with a footprint roughly the size of a pint glass (albeit without the tapered sides).
He opens up one of the bins and picks out a clear plastic sack containing roughly a dozen one-pint cartons of milk – all still within their use-by dates – and a pack of custard doughnuts.
The price of a pint, 2.50 Irish pounds, or about $3, is up about 5percentthis yeararoughlyhly equal to the inflation rate.
