term clarification - dram

[Monkey@Arms]

a dram in Scotland is either 25 ml arr 35 ml... depends oan the pub...

a' Whisky Live they were maistly pourin 25ml... ainly a few were 35 ml...

25ml = .83 ounces....

sae... 31 drams (a' 25ml each) wuid bae aboot...

25.83 ounces...

Ach, I'd naer be able to keep up with you! Ma 'ead wuld be spinning an ma stomach doin something worse! :mrgreen:
Best regards,

Jake

[Tattoo Bradley]

I recently purchased a half hour thing from Itunes with the Travel Channel in Edinburgh. The bar tender in that episode defined a dram as "a small portion." I know others have stated this... just tossing in my two bits. Perhaps a bit of affirmation.

[beowulf67]

I wasn't sure how much a dram was, but I've been told that the size of a wee dram depends on the hosts generosity and can be quite a bit larger or smaller than a dram.

[porrick]

I wasn't sure how much a dram was, but I've been told that the size of a wee dram depends on the hosts generosity and can be quite a bit larger or smaller than a dram.

True! I have had a couple of P1M's wee drams... (not wee at all in most people's eyes... )

[porrick]

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[jiminak]

A dram is 1/8 of a fluid ounce. The imperial (i.e., British) fluid ounce is 1/160 of an imperial (British) gallon. This makes a dram about 0.217 cubic inches.

Jim

[mbhandy]

Originally Posted by Pour1Malt
a dram in Scotland is either 25 ml arr 35 ml... depends oan the pub...

a' Whisky Live they were maistly pourin 25ml... ainly a few were 35 ml...

25ml = .83 ounces....

sae... 31 drams (a' 25ml each) wuid bae aboot...

25.83 ounces...

Y'er a Better man than I Gunga Din.

MrBill