Americans React to 7 Ways British and American Pubs Are Very Different

[@MolloyPolloy]

Irish bloke here. I absolutely love old Victorian pubs in the UK. Loads of character, loads of history.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Americans claiming Ireland and Irish heritage is a whole sub genre unto itself.

[@RushfanUK]

Funny how none of them ever say they are American English.

[@happisakshappiplace.6588]

There are more Americans claiming to be Irish than Irish themselves.

[@thelastmotel]

@@happisakshappiplace.6588 Plastic Paddies

[@jonathanfinan722]

My surname is Irish, so was my grandfather’s. None of us could be considered Irish. His dad was, what with being born and brought up in Mayo.

[@101steel4]

You should be there on St. Patrick's day. When my cousin lived in Florida, even the Mexicans claimed to be Irish 😂😂

[@ChrisBetton]

Here in the UK, if you're drinking in the daytime, it's not to get drunk; it's just to enjoy a pint with a mate (or your meal). In fact, I'd go so far as to say most people don't even go to the pub in the evening to get drunk either - obviously it happens, but it's not always the plan. In the UK, the people who go out to get drunk on purpose go to clubs.

[@kevintwine2315]

Speak for yourself 😂 Only messing, day drinking never ends well

[@JamesLMason]

It's never the plan ...

[@rayanog]

Never the plan😂

[@0x2A_]

"Come on just one pint, what could go wrong?!!"

[@0venchip]

Just one more pint. Gets to 5 o’clock, we might as well stay here then.@@0x2A_

[@lesleycarney8868]

When you say it's quiet with no music and everyone listening into conversations , we all go to a local pub so everyone knows each other and the chat can flow with everyone. Your local will be walking distance from your house so its full of neighbours / friends and no driving home. win win

[@dazediss6629]

Yeah. Plus you don’t have to talk quietly about anything - usually in your local everyone knows your own business before you know it yourself anyway, on top of which - nobody has a fucking gun either.

[@rc3937]

100% because half the time it’s just everybody talking bollocks 😂😂😂

[@DougBrown-h1n]

Most UK pubs with a local client base, "lock-in". That's to say casual visitors are shoo-ed out at 11pm, the doors are locked, curtains drawn, and the "regulars" carry on drinking until whenever.

[@samil5601]

I think this fine and essential cultural practise has all but died in London sadly. When I first visited in the 90s, every neighbourhood had a pub or few that were known for lock-ins.

[@sharonkay8638]

I have to say as a Londoner born and bred, wherever I’ve lived in the capital I’ve always managed to find a local that did ‘afters’!🥂😄

[@DougBrown-h1n]

In truth , I don't know - other than that my own beloved local continues the much appreciated practice.@@samil5601

[@3rdStoreyChemist]

@@samil5601 Its not died out at all. Been involved in a fair few over the last month. Very few lock-ins are the crazy wild pissups a lot of people associate lock-ins with. Certainly had those nights as well post-Covid in London!

[@julianbarber4708]

I remember a lock-in at The Town Arms, Nottingham, when suddenly, there was a banging on the door. We all froze, and Beryl, the landlady, went to answer it. After a few mumbled words, in she came. 'It's alright', she said, 'it's only the Police'. Two constables followed her in, had a quick half, and left. Happy days.

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

I'm a very ancient lady (76 this month) and things have changed since I was at uni. Our friends used to go out to see a film, but there was a little "hick", the pub closed at 10 pm (before the film ended). So we had to play a straw game to see who would leave the cinema first and rush to the pub to order the last round before closing time. There are many times when I have never seen the end of a film.......

[@chsh1]

Yes now you can get a pint while you watch the film, I still find that weird.

[@jonathanfinan722]

@@chsh1 if I had a pint in a cinema I’d be up for a piss every five minutes

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

@@chsh1 What ? You can drink in a cinema - here in France you can't even get an icecream !!!!

[@chsh1]

Ah but as Jonathan said you would miss most of the film using the Toilet. I remember going to France when I could legally buy alcohol at 16!

[@saladspinner3200]

10pm still appears to be a frequent closing time in many English pub. As a Belgian I find this very weird, since 1am is when our "early pubs" close. Most of them pull the curtains around 4am in the weekend!

[@kimbirch1202]

Back in the day, most pubs had several different rooms. A " tap room " , where folk would play darts, and dominoes. A saloon room, for general conversation, which was a bit plusher, and beer was a little more expensive, and sometimes a " snug " room for courting couples. So, as a youngster, on a weekend evening, I might start off in the tap room with a game of darts, then move into the Saloon, and chat with the girls, and if I got lucky, end up in the snug, with one of them. Happy daze.

[@brianhepke7182]

Yes, I remember those times, I was too young to frequent pubs then, but my folks used to tell me about the different areas when they went out drinking.

[@ElDerpy]

Late 90s my sister ran a pub in london. The snug was almost exclusively used by legal teams meeting to sign contracts - and as she would later find out, usually over big budget films as most of the neighbouring offices were production companies, vfx, casting agencies etc.

[@1414141x]

Yes, I remember those. There are a few still around of course. But it is a thing of the past.

[@dfpguitar]

Ah that explains a lot! I see these varied rooms in most of the pubs I go to. Sometimes they are even labelled.

[@StewedFishProductions]

The 'snug' in a pub, was mostly a private room (with its own bar) for women; with its own 'street door' so they could come and go without having to walk through the 'male dominated' main bar (often swearing etc.). They could go in, have a quiet drink and gossip with the neighbours, then 'slip-away' not noticed...

[@vikingraider1961]

A mate of mine was working in NY as part of a British IT team. Someone found a restaurant that offered "limitless beer if you had a full meal"... so they piled in, had their full meals, and 12 pints of beer each - and walked out sober. Seems draught US beer ain't anything like as strong as UK beer.

[@grahamsmith9541]

Also 12 USA pints is 9 2/3 UK pints.

[@nealgrimes4382]

I think some is but it wouldn't be with an offer like that, probably watered down.

[@ThreadBomb]

12 pints is still a lot even if it's "low alcohol". If it had no effect, they must have been drinking lemonade.

[@vikingraider1961]

@@ThreadBomb - well, that's "only" 10 real pints - and they did stay all evening (it's the problem of working away from home). Working with the same team, we'd quite often have six "real ales" over 4 hours. Back when I used to drink real ales, US beer was like making love in a boat - most ales in the UK were about 6% or more - the US stuff was about 3-4%.

[@RobertClaeson]

@@vikingraider1961 Oh I love the pubs in Belgium, where the ale is typically 8-12% (and excellent).

[@alanmoss3603]

Also working in London we would all go 'down the pub' for lunch. London pubs are packed lunchtime. I worked in Santa Monica CA for a year and there was an Irish-themed pub near 10 Street Promenade which was SO empty during the day.

[@gripplehound]

Liquid lunch!!! Those were the days!

[@Mean-bj8wp]

Not just London its every city or town. My local is rammed at lunchtime but by 2 its dead then at 3.30 it starts filling up after the schools close full of mothers with kids meeting up and by 7pm its packed again.

[@alanmoss3603]

@@Mean-bj8wp Good to know! And there's nothing like wazzed-up 12 year-olds!🤣😂

[@jamainelapsleyWM]

In the UK as well the pubs will be provided with glasses from the beer companies they have on tap, for example stella has a specific glass, so does carling and so on, not sure if thats the same over the US Also we have pubs that are older than the untied states so of course the whole culture is alot more cemented

[@geekexmachina]

Actually the biggest difference is that most people dont use the pub to get pissed. A lot of people use them as a nice place to have a meal, or a quick snack, they do serve soft drinks and coffee and tea in many. Many allow children in the daytime and may have children facilities. Some pubs will have a quiz night or even bingo

[@nealgrimes4382]

That very much depends on the Pub or location.

[@jackwhitbread4583]

Depends on your age and the pub, there are pubs that I would only eat at and have a drink and there are pubs that I would get shitfaced at before I go to a nightclub.

[@nuancematters]

It's important to realise the reason why pubs are so popular in both the UK and Ireland. We have a lot of tiny villages and small towns...even our cities were originally just several small towns that kind of came together and pubs were places where communities came together and were (still are to a certain extent but that is being taken away from us more and more every day)very much a place to socialise and not merely a place one would go to drink. Many public bars are family friendly and will hold social events, such as Ceilidhs in Scotland or Ireland and other functions, such as weddings and just general community gatherings. Pubs are a huge part of our culture and it's about community, and that's why music is not always played...you're supposed to interact with one another and connect with your fellow community members. I'd like to add also, that Scotland has slightly different laws, which allow the average pub to open until 12am and likely also longer with this license they speak of. I like the more traditional pubs where the focus is on a community gathering, rather than a seedy place where people go to binge drink...god knows there's plenty of those places, too.

[@grahamsmith9541]

He is wrong when he says 18 is the drinking age. That is minimum age to purchase alcohol. Minimum drinking age was raised by the 2003 licencing act to 5 on private property. 16 in pubs or restaurants with a meal. Purchased by someone 18 or older. Closing time is more to do with when the locals want to drink. No point being open without customers. Closing times for our local pub are 8 PM Sunday, 10 PM Monday to Wednesday, 11PM Thursday, 1 AM Friday and Saturday nights. But are licenced untill 1AM every day.

[@carlh429]

He’s wrong about a lot of things. He’s an out of touch muppet playing to his American audience.

[@grahamsmith9541]

@@carlh429 True I used to be subscribed to his channel. But he's been out of the country too long to be credible any more.

[@bigal3055]

It's been over 20 years since I left the pub game and I've no idea what the licencing laws are these days. You were legally allowed to drink in the pub at 16 at least as far back as the 90's though, with, as you quite rightly say, someone over 18 buying, but only if the person under 18 was having a meal... and a bag of Walkers, or a basket of chips wasn't a meal. It would be two pints maximum though, spirits weren't allowed at all and I could be wrong here, but I don't think wine was allowed either. If it was, it might have been one small 125ml glass. It had to be drunk in a designated restaurant area too and kids absolutely were not allowed in the bar area, beer or not, other than to pass through to go to the bogs. Even then, it was at the landlord's discretion and very, very few landlords allowed it... myself included. Back then, the landlord was king. What he said when it came to his house rules was the be all and end all, end of. There was none of this "the customer is always right, or I'm going to complain to the brewery" nonsense you get now and if someone didn't like it, they were welcome take their kid, piss off and go somewhere else. If they complained (and I can only recall one time when some toffee nosed twat actually did complain), the brewery would just tell them that it was up to the landlord, not them. There are 'family friendly' pubs these days that I actively avoid now, simply because of the number of shrieking, out of control, hyperactive little bastards that are allowed to run around all over the bloody parish in, as if it's a primary school playground. The pub used to be somewhere for adults to go and escape, meet up with their mates, chat about grown up shit and relax for a while. These days though, some of them give you a bloody headache long before you reach the following morning hangover threshold.

[@ayeready6050]

Oi bruv can I get two jars of lager and a Guinness?

[@grahamsmith9541]

@@ayeready6050 You forgot the packet of crisps.

[@jonathanfinan722]

And a quick heads-up to foreign folk, nobody with any self respect gets fish and chips in a pub. 90% of the time it’s fresh from the wholesale freezer. Just go to the nearest chippy. Even at their worst they’ll be a million times better than any pub food.

[@bigal3055]

This. Yeah, 'technically' it's fish and chips, but it's not proper fish and chips. The only fish and chips that are worth a wank come from a chippy. If you're visiting here and get your fish and chips in the boozer, you've not had fish and chips.

[@jonathanfinan722]

@@bigal3055 never wanked at f&c, might give it a punt though. Thanks for that.

[@zo7034]

The issue with this chap is that he lived in the UK about 15 years ago and clearly hasn't been back for a significant amount of time since. He compares the UK in the 2000s vs America now, not just in this video, but in many others too.

[@kimbirch1202]

I grew up in a village in Yorkshire, which had 5 pubs. I started drinking in one , at 16 years old, and was never asked for ID. The local policeman also frequented this pub, and would say , with a wink," I hope that's shandy you're drinking ".

[@Blayda1]

Haha yeah that was the same for me too . On my 18th birthday he even bought me a pint :D .

[@enemde3025]

Lawrence and his "Lost in the Pond" is out of date on the UK information these days. ID was not a thing in the UK until very recently. Growing up, no UK pubs had a TV . Most had a dart board and sometimes a skittles table. You were limited to the choice of beers on sale, depending on which brewery owned the pub. The only food you could buy were CRISPS and NUTS. Why, in America, do people, who are obviously old enough, get " carded " ? Professional darts players are no longer allowed to drink on stage whilst playing. STELLA, in the UK, is known as WIFE BEATER ! I don't know of any UK pub that opens 24 hours !

[@101steel4]

He knows what a wife beater is. He owns the vest 😂

[@seanscanlon9067]

When you say: "Growing up, no UK pubs had a TV". I suppose it depends on where and when you grew up because I was brought up in south-east London and started going to pubs regularly from around 1980 and the ones I went in usually had a TV due to the horse racing being shown.

[@greg5639]

This took me back to 1981,when my now wife and i was celebrating her 18th birthday. The landlady came over and wished her a happy birthday asking how old she was, one of her gobby mates shouted out 18 ! To which the landlady said, you're barred ! My girl had been drinking there since she was 16 ! We didn't go back to that pub until many years later.( the Boot and Shoe, aka the Slipper. )Grassmoor . Nr Chesterfield . DERBYSHIRE . This pub used to have the dart board on the left hand side as one stepped through the door, many folk actually had a dart in the side of thier head ect as they stepped through the threshold. You know, the day's when men were men and sheep were frightened !🤣😂👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

I got banned for a week on my 18th birthday for the same reason!

[@101steel4]

Ive never been asked for ID in my life. Back in the 80s when i was a teenager, going to a pub was common. We were about 14/15 at the time. Was alway funny having your first legal pint in a pub you'd been going to for years 😂😂

[@bigal3055]

Ah, memories of your first pub that you could get served in. Mine was an old Greenhall's shithole called The Anchor. It had a decent crowd of regulars though and as long as you were old enough to shave, old Dennis the landlord there didn't give a damn if you were 18 or not. He had some old German shepherd with a growth under its jaw that looked like a ball bag (everyone called him Bollockchops) that would wander around the place, looking for stray pork scratchings on the floor and had a habit of dunking his snout into your pint if you weren't watching. Believe me though, nothing would put you off your shot on the pool table quite like Bollockchops rearing up and flopping his big, hairy neck nads onto the table right in front of the bag you were playing for. We nearly got barred on our first night in there too. Not for being underage, but for cleaning the fruity out to the tune of 100 quid (that was unheard of back then). My old man had been a bit of a enigma on the bandits and showed me as a kid how and when they would pay out for a jackpot. Back in those days, if you looked inside the machine in the gap to the right hand side of the right reel, you could see the coin column. They were nearly always clear perspex and about 3/4 of the way up, there would be a jubilee clip on the coin tube with a couple of wires attached. I guess it was some kind of sensor, but once the coins were above the jubilee clip, it was a guaranteed jackpot every time. If the fruity had a jackpot repeater, you would literally empty it out of quid coins. We filled three ash trays with the payout, took them to the bar to change them into notes and damn nearly got dragged out by our hair! Dennis thought we'd opened the bandit up somehow and rinsed it, until the old flat cap sat next to the fruity with his never ending pint of mild vouched for us. He let us stay and as far as we were concerned, we were loaded! He made it pretty clear that we weren't to so much as look at that bandit again though, let alone play it. Happy memories.

[@Edridesbikes]

Nothing better than being asked to be ID’ed on your 18th birthday, just to see the landlords face drop when the reality sets in that you’ve been drinking there for at least 2 years

[@gavinreid2741]

Was asked once. When visiting the USA, age 30.

[@colincraig6342]

Last time I was refused alcohol for looking too young, I was 13 years old. I was 6ft tall and 14 stone.

[@GazilionPT]

In the US you don't use the "Imperial System" - you use "US Customary Units", which, as the video showed are often different from British "Imperial" units. Only the *names* are (mostly) the same, the actual measurements are different.

[@nakhonsisean]

I grew up in a small viallage in southern England. By the time I was 15 (in the 70s), I was never asked for ID in the local, and I looked young for my age!

[@31Blaize]

I'm surprised that he didn't mention pool as a pub sport in the UK. Played that far more often than darts!

[@julianbarber4708]

He hasn't lived here for years.....totally out of date, apart from in the vaguest terms.

[@2Balendin2]

@@julianbarber4708 i mean Pool has been a thing for MANY years. he probably doesn't mention it as most American Bars/pubs have a pool table as well so.

[@julianbarber4708]

@@2Balendin2 Just sayin'!

[@chsh1]

Im abit older so can remember when the UK pubs and clubs were better than they are today, wish you could have experienced the 90s. Use to go to the off licence at 13. Clubbing at 15/16. Was carded once at 17, still have my fake I.D 😊 Love the informed and chilled comments. Nice channel.

[@nealgrimes4382]

You where a late starter.

[@skibbadabba]

Ditto ..... used to be £1 per pint sometimes too ! Or £1 for a litre of White lightning lol

[@jonathanfinan722]

Abit? What the hell is that? Do you really mean a bit?

[@chsh1]

@@skibbadabba white lightening was evil stuff but did the job

[@chsh1]

@@jonathanfinan722 haha i suppose 'abit' is a good example of British understatement. I cant get my head around approaching 50!

[@improvesheffield4824]

As most pubs are located in the heart of the community (suburbs, villages etc) they probably wouldn’t get a licence to open past 11pm because of noise abatement laws. However, pubs in the city centres, where there is an expectation of a vibrant nightlife, may be able to open later than 11pm. Most nightclubs stay open past 2am as 4am and 6am closing times are quite normal.

[@matthewb9621]

It's more likely that there isn't any demand past 10-11pm. Especially during the week (people work, right). Also the economics of serving a handful of people probably not buying anything isn't worthwhile.

[@improvesheffield4824]

@@matthewb9621 yes good point. I think that would depend on location and how much competition there is nearby.

[@matthewb9621]

@@improvesheffield4824 wWell people generally go to the same place, so the landlord knows the footfall. Regardless of location

[@lewistaylor1965]

Real ale....no mention...I live for those local pump beers with no CO2...my local village pub has different real ales every few weeks...so I'm rarely drinking the same beer after a couple months...You get a really nice one and never see it again...You can often taste the hops

[@JamesLMason]

That used to wind my dad up no end. He'd find a beer he really liked then it would disappear. Luckily, my regular haunts generally keep a few of the taps steady and rotate the others.

[@bigal3055]

John Smiths back in the 90's has a lot to answer for there. They started really pushing John Smiths Smooth on keg and once the breweries worked out that ullage and returns dropped to practically zero, they jumped all over it. From the mid 90's to the mid 2000's, it almost wiped cask ales out completely. It was only really through the work of CAMRA that cask ales survived, but even when it started to make a comeback, a lot of cellar craft had been lost. A lot of newer landlords had no idea how to keep their cask ales and despite switching back to cask, their lack of cellar craft ruined what normally would have been some pretty decent beers.

[@lewistaylor1965]

@@bigal3055 I live near Welbeck and we get Welbeck ales regularly...They are nice...

[@bigal3055]

@@lewistaylor1965 Yeah, there are plenty of decent cask ales to choose from again now. Back then though, it was like a wasteland for a good 10 years or so. The brewery I worked for went the same way as everyone else did and being a managed house, rather than a tenancy or free house, they ripped almost all of my cask gear out. I had to fight tooth and nail just to keep Boddington's on cask (it was still brewed at Stangeways and still a decent bitter back then) and if it hadn't have been for the fact that I was in the Manchester area and switching over to Boddies keg would've been financial suicide as far as keeping my locals and regulars, I'd have lost that too.

[@KomradeMatt]

Pub closing times in the UK have changed a bit, although being from Northern Ireland it could be different still, most pubs here on the weekends close at 01:30 to 02:00 (with some exceptions being later) with last orders about half an hour before the closing time. During the week its usually midnight. It also just depends on the pub, I know a lot of real rural pubs will stay open until the last customers leave and for us that was 5am once.

[@gavinreid2741]

When I started drinking in London in the 1970s last orders was 10:30.

[@iainrodger8079]

Much the same as Scotland

[@AM-dz2sh]

Pubs and Bars are very different things here in the UK. The american 'tavern' would be closer to that of a city pub in the UK. But there is nothing like/equivalent in the US to a village/countryside pub in the UK

[@AliScotland92]

Edinburgh pubs are open until 1am and clubs until 3am. In august during the fringe festival some pubs open until 3am and all clubs 5am

[@tanyaturner1527]

Yeah the clubs in my town shut at 5am & the pubs in the town will open till 2 at least village pubs shut at 11 generally. Also when the sun comes out in the uk everyone likes day drinking. Pub garden with ya mates. People will call in sick from work to go pub during hot weather😳😂😂

[@crackpot148]

Born and raised in Wales. My grandfather was a publican and later ran a working man's club. Closing time varied from county to county and depended on the influence of religion. In Monmouthshire closing time was always 11pm except for Sundays when it was 10pm. Across the county border in the county of Glamorgan closing time was 10pm and pubs did not open at all on Sundays. The border ran through some villages so you would see an exodus of drinkers leaving their favourite pub, crossing the street to another pub or club, which was in the same village but in a different county, to carry on drinking until 11 pm.

[@michaelmcginn7260]

Historically, Pubs - Public Houses, were just that, a room in a house with barrels of ale. After industrialisation, working (mostly) men from the mines, fushing fleets, steel mills etc would want somewhere to gather, drink beer and chat. Their houses were too small, so public houses emerged and evolved. These are for a variety of reasons different to country inns many of which had accommodation and stables. These catered for locals and for those travelling by carriage, cart or horse.

[@alandunbar4244]

In the UK most pubs and clubs are governed by different licensing laws for each country. Eg. English Laws are completely different to Scottish drinking laws. Also city ordnances dictate opening and closing times as each have their own licensing boards

[@JulieLevinge]

In London in 70s lots of pubs would have local bands playing, many famous bands started in pubs.

[@gavinreid2741]

In the 1970s in London pubs closed at 10:30. I moved to a coastal resort. They had an extention on Friday and Saturday til 11;00.i was told that some pubs in Manchester at that time also opened until 11:00.

[@dominique8233]

He left a lot out. What about the time honoured 'last orders' at 22.50 before closing time, when everyone gets their last drinks in. In the 15 or so years that he has been in America pubs in the UK have changed a lot. Many now go to the pub for a meal not just a drink.

[@JamesLMason]

I'm finding more and more that places are less likely to call last orders. They just seem to stop serving. Most of the "traditional" style pubs seem to do it though. I don't know if that is particular to just where I drink or if it's more widespread.

[@jamesanthony3072]

Pubs/bars in central Birmingham, uk for example are open to 12 - 2am during the early part of the week, Thursday/Friday would be 2-4am, Saturday 3/5am, with some bars especially the gay bars open to 6/8am… 🍺🍷🍹🍔🥙🍝🍛🍕🍗🥂🍻💃🏼🕺🏽

[@yarnybart5911]

I remember the first time, having turned 18, I went to the pub I'd visited for 2 years - and of course, got asked for ID.

[@kevinjohnson147]

I think the word Bar in the US is a throwback from the time Barbers sold " health tonics" containing 98 percent alcohol , sowed you up , cut your hair, and gave a shave . An old day one stop shop 😅 and in the UK pub is probably sort for public house.

[@davidmellish3295]

No probably about it,pub is short for public house

[@alanmoss3603]

Joel, I grew up in London and pubs have really changed in the last 30 years. They used to be kinda dark grim forbidding places - now they are much more family orientated! My mum is Irish and I was shocked as a 10 year old to be in an Irish pub in Co.Sligo where the whole family would go! British Pubs are more like that now. Genuinely community spaces!

[@thelastmotel]

They aren't community spaces, they're food pubs where mum and dad can let their kids run riot while they drink. It's just an update of letting your kids sit outside with a lemonade and a bag of crisps. Now, the kids twat about inside instead of out.

[@samil5601]

Some even let women in nowadays....

[@lachlanmain6004]

I still remember the look of glee on Joel's face on his first visit to the UK when he was sat outside a Pub with a pint and it was all perfectly legal..👍👍👍

[@Bel_Chymes]

We also have lock-ins over here. (Uk) This is where the pub legally closes at 11pm but you get to stay in the pub and drink the night away. Until about 5 in the morning. Then get up for work about 8am.

[@lottieew135]

Im really happy that there's a pub across the street from me! Quite expensive, and if we feel like going out-out, we can walk into town and visit pubs and clubs there!

[@Zentron]

Night clubs here in the UK can remain open all night, it just depends on the event, my longest stint was from 9pm until 8am and I was almost completely legless at the end of it, by that I don't mean I was completely drunk as I didn't touch a drop of alcohol, I mean I could barely stand after dancing for most of all that time!

[@michaelmedlinger6399]

Something I just learned recently myself: Britain uses the Imperial system, but the USA uses the Standard system, which accounts for the slight difference. Interesting note on that: as measurements are based on the gallon, the differences go all the way down to a teaspoon. If you are using a recipe from the UK and measuring cups and spoons from the USA or vice-versa, your proportions will be off. This is usually not so important, but it can be critical for baking.

[@carltaylor6452]

Britain officially moved from the Imperial to the metric system in the 1960s, but in practice it's a hybrid system. So we have pints, pounds and ounces alongside kilograms, miles alongside kilometres, gallons alongside litres, Fahrenheit alongside Celsius. Whether you use one or the other can depend upon age, but also on context. I was educated in the 1970s and I struggle with some metric measurements, especially with respect to measurements for distance and weight, even though I was a baby when the metric system was introduced in 1965.

[@michaelmedlinger6399]

@@carltaylor6452 How about the Tories' recent proposal to free the country further "from the shackles of the EU" by reintroducing the Imperial system completely and doing away with the metric system?

[@nealgrimes4382]

Actually we use the Metric system but Pints in Pubs are a leftover of when we did use Imperial.

[@nealgrimes4382]

Also i'm sure you could find a correct conversion, if using an old British recipe.

[@michaelmedlinger6399]

You are both absolutely correct, of course. Conversions are always possible, but you have to be aware of the necessity (as I was not the first time I did some cooking in the UK!). The article I recently read mentioned a couple of other exceptions. Isn't milk also still sold in pints? I can understand keeping the pints for the pub. Asking your mate if he wants to go to the pub for a half-litre just doesn't have the same ring, does it?! 😂

[@topguydave]

Old Blighty? This (or knowing this) shows just how much you have learnt and have affection for our little island. I respect you all the more, as that one word (Blighty) means so much endearment. I have watched your videos, as you yourself grew from boy to man, and developed into an open minded, well rounded human being, the more you discovered and found out about the world. Full respect for taking the plunge and travelling outside your home country. (a giant leap from America), the second time being on your own, which takes masses of extra courage, but having done this will give you the confidence to carry on and become world-wise. I wish you would post more content, more often on KZbin, as it's pure gold.

[@kesa39]

I meet friends in a local pub for tea and coffee. This is because we prefer the atmosphere and seating in the pub to a cafe. This particular pub has a side room with sofas and comfy chairs.

[@Rachel_M_]

Oh no it's Lawrence 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@101steel4]

The (ex) British, Wolters world 😂

[@primalengland]

I usually scroll on when I see Lawrence. He has as much knowledge of society in Britain as I have of society in Tierra del Fuego.

[@CM-1723]

Next time you're in the uk take a flight to magaluf for the weekend in summer you'll love it

[@malcolmhouston7932]

Pubs in private ownership (A Free House) can open and close just as the owner wishes. Many Pubs are Brewery owned or Managed Houses and the " Landlord" has no incentive to stay open much beyond 11.00 and staff have to be paid and may well have a daytime job, thus requiring sleep. An Owner Landlord will often let his staff leave and if he judges that there are enough people in to justify it, may run the Bar Himself - all night if he wanted to but keeping in mind that excessive noise with people leaving could cause complaints from nearby residents on which the Police may "invite " him to close. Too many complaints and he could lose his Licence to operate .

[@ianbentley-rb7hs]

UK Landlords and Managers have something else to be wary of as well. Under the Licensing Act 1872 it is an offense to be drunk in a pub (or any public place). This law was introduced to reduce drunkenness among "poor people" and is still in force today. The penalty for being found drunk in a licensed premises is a £200 fine. This is different from being drunk and disorderly, which is an offence under the Criminal Justice Act 1968. A Publican found serving alcohol to someone who is obviously intoxicated risks losing their Licence.

[@nine_pound]

Most bigger clubs open till at least 4 weekends till 6am, just in time to get a nice big English breakfast from the local cafe.

[@galactica0433]

English pubs are the best mate. In my Town we have a few belters, but by far the best is The Castle Pub. A 600 year old Castle with a 200 year old converted front, the cieling is around 6.5 feet high and you have to duck under all of the beams. The beer garden is inside the Castles courtyard, where you can view nearly the whole of Mersey Basin.

[@gavinreid2741]

When Stella was introduced into Britain it was classy. Advertised as Reassuringly expensive. In the 1970s lager was considered in the north of England as a woman's drink.

[@crackpot148]

Yes, lager was universally considered a woman's drink in pubs and clubs in 70s UK and was usually served in half pints mixed with lime cordial. The other popular woman's drink was the champagne perry called Babycham which came in tiny bottles and was served in a champagne glass.

[@mr.d.6529]

My local dates back to the 1500s, .low beams open fires dark and cosy..you can feel the history and atmosphere even when empty and the ale is the best.

[@MrCejw]

Fun fact, the curve on the glass pictured at 21:36 helps to stack and unstack the glasses. The glasses are called nonic glasses.

[@seanmc1351]

Just to follow with what has been said, yesterday, took public transport to the city, took 20 minutes, did our bit of shopping, by 10am we were in the pub, my wife had coffee and a meal, i had a pint, there for an hour, bus home, back in the house by 12

[@JimAtHome]

Some pubs stay open till about 2 am usually in the city centre most local pubs close between 11pm and 12 pm and 1 am on the weekend but a lot of clubs stay open till 4 am or 5 am and some even till 8 am

[@TIDYJOKER]

Listening to conversations is sometimes better then what your friends have to say in pubs. You can try and be reserved and not say too much, but after a few pints you can't help yourself. Bars can open longer in the uk, and nightclubs. Pubs can have 'lock ins', where some regulars stay. They close up for more people, but some will stay for private drinking

[@pauldootson7889]

Talking about sports in pubs come to the uk during a world cup or european championships it's the zenith of day drinking, i remember when the world cup was held in japan and because of the time difference pubs were opening at 7am to show the games and were packed out it was a very strange feeling being hammered at 11am and wondering what the hell to do with yourself for the rest of the day

[@zsquadshane]

In Wales UK, we do have some pubs stays open til 2-5am if they have permit licence for, although they had to turn off music at 11pm due to neighbours of the villages. That’s when some would settle down to have conversations, play darts or pool, watch boxing or soccer (football), or go home. By the way, Wales in UK also are built different with drinking due to strong culture. Back in 2019, I was at a festival event which was going for 3 days, we would start drinking at 2pm til 5am, then wake up and start drinking at 10am and repeat next day til the festival ends.

[@christinecrockford1654]

You need to bring your friend with you to ur next vist here in the uk. He looks alot of fun and fit. Here in Britain we love banter.

[@tobymartin6394]

It's pretty common particularly in rural England to go on a dog walk to a pub have lunch and a few pints then walk home, we tell ourselves we are taking the dog for a walk and might as well go to the pub at the same time but really it's the opposite

[@1414141x]

When I was young (50 years ago) it was common to go for a 'quick pint' at lunch if you were near enough to a local pub. Builders off building sites would go to the put a maybe sink 4 pints ! I used to work in a retail and I went to a pub two doors down for a pastie and a few pints. However now it is frowned upon to drink in the lunch break. Builders would lose their jobs if they went to the pub and came back having consumed any alcohol.

[@spanishdncr71]

I love the pubs back home in England. I often miss going to a good pub living here in the states, somewhere you can go just to sit and chat with your friends and to carry on an evening after you’ve been out for dinner when you’re not quite ready to go home yet.

[@RJE48]

Most nightclubs in the UK from my experience tend to open from 8pm or so until around 2-3am. You do get some in big cities for example London that open from 10pm and close at 6am. The only trouble with that is it's daylight when you leave the club... But at least the Tube is running a daytime service!

[@nicholasbuttery511]

Fruit Machines One Pound ago are always found in British Pubs and if you ever notice it never any less.

[@skibbadabba]

In Uk we used to have 'lock-ins'..... The pub would close at 11pm ish.... but known 'locals' to said pub would enjoy a 'lock-in'....... the pub locked the doors and closed the curtains and illegally stayed open til the early hours!! Was great!!

[@DaveBartlett]

In the city where I live, a number of the night clubs have banded together, so that once you've paid to get into one of them, you get free entry into each of the others, for the duration of that night's opening hours. This of course requires extended opening hours, if each club is likely to be visited by the maximum number of people. That, coupled with the fact that a certain section of UK society will go clubbing for as long as possible, and would drink right around the clock if possible, (particularly at weekends,) leads to many of these clubs staying open until as late as 6am the following day!

[@kimbirch1202]

When i was a teenager, the pubs in my town had last orders at 10. 30, and a bell would be rung to announce it. But the pubs in the next town opened till 11 pm on market days, so we would all zoom over , for an extra 30 minutes drinking time.

[@chrisaris8756]

You obviously know that many British pubs use the straight glass with the bulge ⅔ of the way up. But do you know why? They are called Nonik (or used to be) tumblers and they are designed so that if you knock one on its side the bulge acts as a shock absorber stopping the glass from breaking or the top from chipping and getting a “nick” in it that could cut your lip! True. When I started drinking back in the 60s you tended to get “dimple” glasses with handles in the saloon (posh) bar and straight glasses in the public bar - where the cheapskates went as you paid extra to use the saloon. But now all pubs are one price one bar and use the ubiquitous straight glass. There now you are wiser!!!

[@beavis4763]

Here in England where I live we have pubs that open at 9am and it's quite normal to go in for a pint before work, and there's one pub in town that's open till 4am on a Friday and Saturday.

[@tom_4615]

There’s one pub where I’m from which is open till like 24/7 and it’s where you go after the club and you get drunk by breathing in the air. Like the drinks there are just another level… I’ve never left that place with the ability to speak, let’s put it that way

[@seanscanlon9067]

The Elephant and Castle is a area of or place in south-east London, just south of the River Thames and Big Ben/the Palace of Westminster/the Houses of Parliament.

[@RichDoes..]

I often went to the pub to chill over a couple of pints after work or at lunchtime on a day off... just to talk to my buddies!

[@casperselka671]

Usually a night out starts in the pub around 6 you drink with your mates till closing time which depends on the pub. Then you can go to a club which depending on the club can be open as late as 6 am.

[@beherenowz]

Nightclubs in the UK can stay open 24hrs, many clubs stay open til 5, 6, am but these are usually the ones that play proper music, not just the mainstream

[@heatherblair2211]

Im a uk born citizen and there is no set time date,day,hour,minute ....where we think should we drink. We drink any o,clock if we feel need be. Its in our DNA lol. ❤

[@normanseaman6397]

Hi from uk, there are 20 fluid ozs in a pint, most uk pubs use 22oz glasses which leaves plenty of room for a good head (froth) on their beer

[@pauldootson7889]

btw the ridges on the glass 16:40 are to stop the glass slipping out your hand so easily when you've had a few, i dropped several pints in the usa as my hand had naturally acclimatised to the uk pint glass, don't even get me started on your plastic pint pots

[@RichDoes..]

still loving the comparisons, Thankyou JPS

[@kevh9610]

A lot of pubs nowadays in the UK you can still go to the bar, or you can scan the QR code on your table, download the app and then order and pay on that by card to your table number and someone will bring the drinks over, but of a lot of people are ordering that way then they can take a while so sometomes I would just get up go the bar to order as I may be seen to quicker.

[@glasgownative81]

You start off drinking in the house, then move to the pub. After the pub you go to a club. If your still up for drinking after the club you can hit the casino, they are open until 5an

[@jamesbrennand9436]

In Australia at certain pubs and clubs all people will show I’d and put through a machine to make sure you were not banned from other clubs

[@pipwhitefeather5768]

In small village pubs in the country, in Wales now, if you can find a friendly landlord, hopefully in your own village, at 11pm they would lock the front door and then it's a private party and goes on as long as we like :D

[@mothmagic1]

The simple reason is that the Imperial pint is 20 fluid ounces against the US 16 (A liquid pound basically)

[@CagedPaps]

I grew up in a small town and this is over 20 years ago now (wow), but we could get into bars at 15. We just didn't wear daft band t-shirts or whatever, you were fine. Not in every pub but we all knew which ones were good for which age group. It's changed so much now that a couple of these places closed down as that was their income. 21 would be far too late here as it would mean you couldn't legally drink while you're a student and here being a student means drinking. As a student when I was 18 I worked as a bouncer, but now in a city where it was stricter. Also around this time the 'challenge 25' came in, so you were to card folk who looked less than 25. It was an attempt to make carding completely normal. Here you get a full drivers licence at 17, so the amount of licences we were handed which confirmed the person wasn't 18 yet, was surprisingly high. They're just assuming people won't check.

[@con2468a]

I’d say the earliest a night club closes over here is 3am And I would be more inclined to say most stay open till 4. However if it’s a good night out there are still plenty of bars or dodgy clubs Open till like 5/6am

[@NeilusNihilus]

Dude your friends are class as hell.

[@jkprez]

Dudes..70 yr old Canadian here. There's lots to unpack in this video. Regarding drinking age. Before 1971 in Ontario Canada drinking age was 21 while NY was 18 so we would zip across to drink. Whereas now its the opposite, 19 in Ontario and 21 in NY. Also, the gallons( and pints and quarts and cups) difference also affects gasoline as well as alcohol. That's why the world has gone to metric using liters (except for the good ole USA). I could go on and on but I think I'll just have a Canadian pint for now.

[@freddieburroughs4654]

British night out… Starts with having something to eat and a few at home then go out and meet your mates in pub for 6-7 o’clock 1 pint in each pub and move onto the next then about 11.30-12.00 you move onto the clubs but on the way you get a kebab to dry up the alcohol already consumed and about 2.00 you get kicked out. 3AM stumble up to the door after somehow getting a taxi to get you home

[@thump9er]

Husband over in the States. American colleagues suggested a drinking game. Used to UK pints, he drank them under the table. 🤣🤣🤣

[@jennetscarborough5145]

I have been out clubbing at places that don't close until 4-5 AM, after which we would head to the 24 hour cafe to come down and chill out, so the end of a night out can sometimes see daylight of the next day.

[@Yates000014806]

Things are changing here in the UK regarding pubs. Lots are closing and the industry is suffering. In 2007 we had a smoking ban put in place which dramatically reduced pubs goers. The culture of drinking for socials reasons has decreased due to modern technology improving to keep in touch with friends (EG FaceTime) Also since Covid pubs are now charging £4-£6 a pint in inexpensive areas and even more in large metro areas. They used to be the backbone of the communities and I love them but it’s harder to make profit in the industry now

[@ronnielove5254]

Most pubs in towns and cities in the UK Joel close at Midnight although where i stay in Scotland the pubs are open until 1AM

[@bigdaddigaming]

When i was young pubs use to close in the afternoon, theyd open about 11am and close again around 2pm then they'd open again about 4-6 pm depending on the pub until closing time at 11pm

[@chsh1]

And I used to work in one with 3 hours to kill in between shifts, hated those days.

[@PaulCoaley]

Until the 90’s UK pub closing times varied. South Yorkshire last order drink 10:30 pm we then drove over the border to Derbyshire for 11:00 pm last order ….. and usually a lock in until very much later.

[@davidz2690]

a night out in the UK goes pubs to bars to nightclubs :) it would be weird to be in a pub until past midnight because it almost feels like someone's house

[@crackpot148]

The one measure that's the same in the US and UK is the fluid ounce. The difference between US and UK pints is that the US pint is 16 fluid ounces and the UK pint is 20 fluid ounces, i.e. 25% more.

[@damienmadden1]

When I go out out in the UK I start in a pub about 4-5pm then about 10pm I'll make my way to the nightclubs which are open until 6am so I get home around 7-7:30am

[@RogersRamblings]

There is no legal drinking age in the UK. 18 is the youngest age at which you can buy alcohol. If you're with your parents and eating a meal (not a snack) you can drink beer or wine at 16 and above. What children drink in the privacy of their own home is a matter for the parents.

[@nettygallagher2724]

Years ago when I was younger I used to go to night clubs in Liverpool uk were I am from I would go out either 10or11at night stay out till late get home around 6am in the morning. Don't do it any more but people still do it now. Xx