What does the 2043 stamp mean & stand for on UK pint glasses?
2043 And All That No, it’s not a year. It’s just a number. Some of you will be thinking it’s vaguely familiar. Others, probably the ones who always hold their pint glasses up to the light to check that the beer is clear, will already know that it’s Britain’s most popular Crown Stamp number. But how come it’s suddenly everywhere? As you know, the various Weights & Measures Acts require that Draught Beer (and Cider) be served in measures of a third of a pint or a half of a pint or Multiples Thereof. Local authorities make checks to see that they’re using the right size of glasses – or metered pumps, of course. And we know that the glasses hold a pint, or a half pint, because they’ve been checked and marked with a Crown Stamp. This little crown is usually sandblasted on after a sample of glasses from each batch has been tested. Along with the crown are the words that tell you what the measure is, e.g. PINT or PINT TO LINE or PINT ONE GRAD where there’s a half pint line. And there’s a numb
