Schooner or Pot or Middy

[moses]

Following on from the Parmi / Parma thread. What about beer sizes around Australia?!

 

[BALKAN]

Interesting. Never heard the term 'Bobby' used though.

 

[moses]

Interesting. Never heard the term 'Bobby' used though.

You rarely see that size beer glass much these days which is a shame!

 

[little graham]

Prefer a glass of red with my pot.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

A Bobby? WTF?

And if I order a pint I damn well want more than 425mL. Especially since it probably cost me about $14.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

425ml is a pint, is it? I have several pint glasses in my cupboard which have been 'liberated' from various establishments over the years. The measurement on the bottom reads 560ml and the odd few read 570ml. If it aint an Imperial Pint it's not a bloody pint at all! A pot is meant to be 285ml, but I have the odd pot that is 280ml!

 

[MrCharisma]

If you ask for a pint in QLD you get an imperial pint - 570ml.

What's with Tassie using ounces?

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

it is pot for a glass and a pint for a larger glass for the pub that i frequent.

 

[Gibbsy]

Asked for a pot in Adelaide the other week and then immediately knew my wrongdoing. Thankfully the bloke behind the bar was kind enough to explain it all, even though I still looked at him like he was from Mars when he said it was "happy hour, $7 imperials!"

Eventually he just goes "you boys want the big one, right?" We obliged. Turns out $7 for an imperial pint (Vic 'normal' pint) is actually a very good price.

 

[dont bowl there]

There is no way that a Victorian Schooner is bigger than a WA Pint.

 

[Gibbsy]

Oh and if I asked for "a beer" at a pub in Melbourne and got given 200mL I would send it back!

 

[Gibbsy]

There is no way that a Victorian Schooner is bigger than a WA Pint.

Schooners are rare as hen's teeth down here. VB have actually ****ed up their own guide! Schooner would be in between 285 (pot) and 425 (pint)

 

[little graham]

There is no way that a Victorian Schooner is bigger than a WA Pint.

Don't know about that.

Victorian schooners got pretty big..

 

[Vekgib]

Local pub used to sell pints (600ml) until Sydney dickheads bought it and threw them out. Now it's just schooners here

 

[Vekgib]

Explains why when we went to Adelaide a couple of years ago, I was given a middy when I asked for a schooner.

 

[Gibbsy]

I appreciate that the only constant across every state and territory is the "jug". Because we all love jugs!

 

[Silent Alarm]

Schooners are rare as hen's teeth down here. VB have actually ****** up their own guide! Schooner would be in between 285 (pot) and 425 (pint)

You're right. And a WA pint is exactly the same as one in Victoria. I don't know if people still get middys in WA, but that's what a pot is.

Schooner is the best size though and I say that as someone who has no state bias in the matter. Just the perfect size between the pot (honestly you should pretty much just give up if you order a pot) and pint.

 

[BALKAN]

Oh and if I asked for "a beer" at a pub in Melbourne and got given 200mL I would send it back!

Agree WTF am I meant to do with 200mL of beer GET OUDDA HERE

 

[Gibbsy]

Agree WTF am I meant to do with 200mL of beer GET OUDDA HERE

It's like people who have shots of beer hahah

 

[Illinois Nazi]

WA used to have a "Pony" which I think would be the 200mL one.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Stupid article

Perth Pint is 570ML's. Where the hell did they get 400mls from?

Bobby? You will be glassed for less in a perth pub for asking for something smaller then a middy.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Stupid article

Perth Pint is 570ML's. Where the hell did they get 400mls from?

Bobby? You will be glassed for less in a perth pub for asking for something smaller then a middy.

You wouldn't get glassed for asking for a bobby though. Nobody would know what the **** you were talking about.

 

[BALKAN]

A bobby sounds like something sexual you'd ask for in a UK pub.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

WA used to have a "Pony" which I think would be the 200mL one.

A Victorian "pony" was 5oz (140mi, I think). Deadly in shouts

 

[Silent Alarm]

Apparently pony died out in like the early 80s – old blokes down bowls clubs and old pubs used to drink them exclusively.