Why Your Pint Is Being Downsized

Why Your Pint Is Being Downsized
ELMSFORD, NY - MAY 03: A pint beer sits in the tasting room of the Captain Lawrence Brewing Company on May 3, 2012 in Elmsford, New York. Microbreweries in New York state will now have to pay an extra 14 cents per gallon in tax, after a state court ruled against tax exemptions for in-state breweries. The costs are expected to be passed on to consumers. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
ELMSFORD, NY - MAY 03: A pint beer sits in the tasting room of the Captain Lawrence Brewing Company on May 3, 2012 in Elmsford, New York. Microbreweries in New York state will now have to pay an extra 14 cents per gallon in tax, after a state court ruled against tax exemptions for in-state breweries. The costs are expected to be passed on to consumers. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Have you noticed that your beer glass is shrinking? Or is it that your hands are growing? Those were the thoughts that crossed our minds the other night as we were presented with a ration of Sixpoint Crisp pilsner poured from the tap into a diminutive glass at the new West Village restaurant Rosemary's. It might have been eight or nine ounces, ten tops. Three gulps and it was gone.

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