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Never heard of a gill. The more common liquors generally have a pouring spout attached, and most bartenders seem to use stainless steel jiggers--the double ones with maybe one ounce in the smaller end and two ounces in the other (I'm estimating). Sometimes they pour with a jigger and may add a little, especially if you've been tipping (and I always tip well!). Me, I'm a free pourer at home, although I measure my wife's drinks using a steel jigger (she's better at budgeting, which is why she now manages our bank account ). My martinis are probably at least three ounces of gin with some vermouth. Sometimes I have a Dean Martini: four ounces of chilled gin.
Yeah most people over here have never heard of a gill either; it's one of the more obscure Imperial measurements that are no longer used like bushels or drams. The pub next to my grandad's farm was (is still) called "The Comfortable Gill" referring to a generous measure
I've seen U.S bars on telly shows and often wondered what stopped the barstaff from just carrying on pouring. Does a 'jigger' hold a certain volume then?
Cocktails are a foreign world to me, as are wines; British real ale only for me I can appreciate a fine single malt (and a quality vodka) but no longer bother as the prices for a bottle of quality single malt have just gone silly here and I'm not made of money. Mind you, as a bachelor, I've still got control of my finances so in theory I can spend as much as I please on whatever I want
Saying that Mrs Prester John sounds a generous lady with the finances as three or four ounces of gin doesn't sound to stingy
Here's looking forward to a summer of martinis and ale