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From Cornelia Corey over at realbeer.com:
Question: What is a "shell of beer" and where did this expression come from?
Cornelia: That's one I've never heard before. My research indicates it is a local expression for a small serving of beer instead of a large. A server's question might be would you like a "shell or a pint." It is apparently used in Michigan in the St. Clair County area. I was not as successful finding where the term originated.
Being from that area I can verify this to be true. A "shell" was a small (10-12oz) Pilsner style glass. You could also order it as a "short" beer.
Working in Detroit in the late-Seventies, we often used this term at local restaurants and bars. You're correct that it was a "short" beer. It was my understanding that the term came from the maker of the glasses, which cast a sea shell logo into the bottom of each glass.
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