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The '''Patiala Peg''' is a measure of [[liquor]] popular in [[India]]. It is a [[volume]] roughly equivalent to 90ml, though the rough and ready measure is the amount of liquor needed to fill a glass equal to the height between the index and [[little finger]]s when they are held parallel to one-another. The name originates from the city of [[Patiala]] in [[Punjab, India|Indian Punjab]], and is about 50% larger than a normal shot glass.<ref name="ref58xugar">{{Citation | title=Love, stars, and all that | author=Kirin Narayan | publisher=Piatkus, 1995 | isbn=9780749902650 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5CAgAQAAIAAJ | quote=''... A Patiala peg is as high as the distance between pinky and index finger |
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Revision as of 14:05, 29 April 2012
2- And that is how the Patiala Peg became famous, not for the pegs in the game but for the pegs of whiskey!
3- The Patiala Peg commemorates the Maharaja of Patiala's team's victory over the Viceroy's, in a robust game of tent-pegging in the early 1900's. The Patiala Peg with it's stock of fine wines and liquors, offers the perfect setting to relax after a hard day's work.
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