A B.C. bar owner says he's lost money for years using U.S. shot glasses that hold more hooch than the Canadian standard. Kyle Tweter, co-owner of The Moose pub in Vancouver, says he discovered the discrepant glass sizes after a tax audit revealed his business was hemorrhaging booze. Like many bars and restaurants, the Moose was using American shot glasses that hold 30 milliliters – two milliliters more than their Canadian counterparts. "We were totally shocked," Tweter said. "It really makes a big difference to bar and restaurant owners." That difference works out to about 6.6 per cent more liquor per shot. It might not sound like much, but Mike Otter, owner of Canadian Restaurant Supply, says it adds up to a big hit in profits. "If an establishment was selling $5,000 of liquor per month coming through the shot glass, that would add up to $2,500 a year," Otter said. Some, like Andrew Neville of Rose's Waterfront Pub in Kelowna, fear customers will be irked by the downgrade. "They'll probably start asking places, ‘What size of jigger do you use?'" he said. But Tweter insists the difference is "virtually undetectable" to patrons, and has formed a new company, Can-Pour, to distribute Canadian-sized shots to bars.
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