Stubbies.

iamstop

I'm talking about the 330 or so ml cans of beer you get in America and Asian and some other places but not in Ireland.

I really think we should have them here. Many benefits.

• You don't have a load of warm beer at the end of the can.
• You can pace yourself better
• They'd be cheaper for giving a can to a mate or whatever
• Better for being able to have many different beers in the one night

I'm sure there are more benefits to this too.

eth0

No they should be got rid of. They're like "fun"sized cans of coke, only leave you gasping for more.

They do actually have them here, they serve em on ryanair and the trains at prices that are too high even for a pint. Horrible yokes, wonder how many people get caught out thinking they're buying a pint because you see so few of those cans here

kneemos

Easier to catch.

mikemac1

They already exist

12 pack of Kopperberg down your local Tesco

8 euro

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Thinly veiled <I'm a midget and want to have a proportionate sized can of alcohol please> thread.

kowloon

I propose cans that are the size of a tube of Pringles. I like to have more of things.

DEFTLEFTHAND

eth0 wrote: »

No they should be got rid of. They're like "fun"sized cans of coke, only leave you gasping for more.

They do actually have them here, they serve em on ryanair and the trains at prices that are too high even for a pint. Horrible yokes, wonder how many people get caught out thinking they're buying a pint because you see so few of those cans here

Loads I say. On Ryanair they blow up the image on the menu, so you think you're actually ordering a proper drink.

kneemos

Sounds a bit cooler to say..want a stubbie mate as opposed to..fancy a can.

Degag

Are they actually called Stubbies or did the OP make up the name?

aujopimur

If you're ending up with warm beer in the end of the can, you're not drinking fast enough.

wp_rathead

kneemos wrote: »

Sounds a bit cooler to say..want a stubbie mate as opposed to..fancy a can.

it really doesn't:D

spurious

I thought stubbies were the little holders Australians put their cans in, to keep them cool in the summer - not generally a problem in our summers.

mikemac1

What are the large bottles the Yanks have?

Not quite a litre but not far off.

Quart?

You see the youngsters drinking them on US cop shows

Procasinator

To me, a a stubby/stubbie is a bottle not a can. Like described here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_bottle#Stubby

You do see 330ml or so cans around, though from what I have seen mainly Heineken and Budweiser.

eth0 wrote: »

No they should be got rid of. They're like "fun"sized cans of coke, only leave you gasping for more.

They do actually have them here, they serve em on ryanair and the trains at prices that are too high even for a pint. Horrible yokes, wonder how many people get caught out thinking they're buying a pint because you see so few of those cans here

They are smaller than 330 ml. A standard can of coke in Ireland is 330 ml.

Wee Willy Harris

A stubbie, isn't that what stinks our pockets out if not put back in the box

strobe

iamstop wrote: »

I'm talking about the 330 or so ml cans of beer you get in America and Asian and some other places but not in Ireland.

I really think we should have them here. Many benefits.

• You don't have a load of warm beer at the end of the can.
• You can pace yourself better
• They'd be cheaper for giving a can to a mate or whatever
• Better for being able to have many different beers in the one night

I'm sure there are more benefits to this too.

We have them. But they're made of glass though and they're all bottley and ****. I call them scuzwazzers.

starbelgrade

They're a bit like "tester pots" of paint.

spunkymunky

iamstop wrote: »

I'm talking about the 330 or so ml cans of beer you get in America and Asian and some other places but not in Ireland.

I really think we should have them here. Many benefits.

• You can pace yourself better

Not a chance, you take a few sups, then shake the can a little and think there's only a little left and neck it. Gone in about 5 gulps!! Real cans all the way please.
Very hard to find in New Zealand. Most beers are sold in stubby bottles here.

Richard Hillman

Dont like them. Its mostly foam and i always gag when i take the last sip of them as there is too much foam.

df1985

reminds me of being in the states with yanks saying "Oh my god im so wasted Ive had like 10 beers!" while appearing fairly sober.

oh ten of them little beers....

so youve had about 6 pints...shut up.

starviewadams

mikemac1 wrote: »

What are the large bottles the Yanks have?

Not quite a litre but not far off.

Quart?

You see the youngsters drinking them on US cop shows

Quart is what the American's call a naggin.

Think you're thinking of a 40 (40oz bottle of malt liquor)

iamstop

mikemac1 wrote: »

What are the large bottles the Yanks have?

Not quite a litre but not far off.

Quart?

You see the youngsters drinking them on US cop shows

40s? As in 40 ounces.

Hande hoche!

God bless Kaiserdom and their excessively large cans.

Mint Sauce

I thought the Stubbies were the little bottles of beer from places such as Lidl and Aldi.

mackg

iamstop wrote: »

I'm talking about the 330 or so ml cans of beer you get in America and Asian and some other places but not in Ireland.

I really think we should have them here. Many benefits.

• You don't have a load of warm beer at the end of the can.
• You can pace yourself better
• They'd be cheaper for giving a can to a mate or whatever
• Better for being able to have many different beers in the one night

I'm sure there are more benefits to this too.

I got a case of Bulmers 330ml cans for the Spain vs Italy game during Euro '08. I was pissed by the time the shootout started. I find you drink those little cans at lightspeed for some reason.

InB4 Lightweight.

kingtiger

spurious wrote: »

I thought stubbies were the little holders Australians put their cans in, to keep them cool in the summer - not generally a problem in our summers.

the 330ml bottles in South Africa are also called stubbies

crosstownk

330ml cans. Pffttt

Up and down to the fridge too often and out of sync with trips to the jacks.

More hassle than they're worth.



*Disclaimer - any port in a storm

splendid101

spurious wrote: »

I thought stubbies were the little holders Australians put their cans in, to keep them cool in the summer - not generally a problem in our summers.

No man, that's called a "stubby holder"! :pac:

Zebra3

Few things more frustrated than an amazing beer Sierra Nevada being just a 12oz (355ml) bottle.

xii

Gratuitous exercise moving from couch to fridge.

I was drinking 750ml cans recently in America, thats more like it, we need bigger cans not smaller.

Cookie_Monster

Degag wrote: »

Are they actually called Stubbies or did the OP make up the name?

I always considered stubbies to be the 250ml bottles.
In Aus/NZ they're a pair of shorts.


OP You can 330ml cans of lots of beers in any off licence

iamstop

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I always considered stubbies to be the 250ml bottles.
In Aus/NZ they're a pair of shorts.


OP You can 330ml cans of lots of beers in any off licence

I've not seen man tbh. A few but not many. It's certainly not the norm.

Sofiztikated

iamstop wrote: »

40s? As in 40 ounces.

Yes, 40 ounces. An American fluid ounce is 25 ml.

40x24 = 1000ml = 1 litre.

Madam Marie

You can get them in Guinness Draft too.

Boombastic

Can ye not just buy a glass of the stuff?

BraziliaNZ

Does anyone remember liter cans of Faxe beer? I saw them on sale in France recently

iamstop

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Yes, 40 ounces. An American fluid ounce is 25 ml.

40x24 = 1000ml = 1 litre.

Here:
http://www.40ozmaltliquor.com/40ozcrew/crew/pics/wpg40oz01.jpg

Also here is Snoop getting Paris Hilton to drink a 40, lol.
http://majesticsociety.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/snoop-dogg-gets-paris-hilton-to-drink-her-first-40-oz-beer-ggn-news.jpg
http://hiphoprapscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Paris-Hilton-Drinks-Her-First-40oz-Beer-GGN-News-S4-Ep-5.png

suicide_circus

I like those 660 ml bottles. Tiger and a few others do them.

TPD

I drank loads of Tecate in the 330ml cans while I was in America. $1 for a can in a bar, with free popcorn, an ass-kicking jukebox and a pool table. Hard te beat.

Drank loads more while painting my cousins house out there - would open one every 10 minutes to try and keep cool.

Herb Powell

mikemac1 wrote: »

What are the large bottles the Yanks have?

Not quite a litre but not far off.

Quart?

You see the youngsters drinking them on US cop shows

Those would be 40oz bottles. Think it's a bit more than a litre.
They're almost always malt liquor anyway, which is supposed to be PISS.

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Does anyone remember liter cans of Faxe beer? I saw them on sale in France recently

Haha, got a few of those for the laugh when I was in Germany, were they available here ever?


Anyway, ye should be drinking from a glass, beer is always better in a glass!

BraziliaNZ

Herb Powell wrote: »

Those would be 40oz bottles. Think it's a bit more than a litre.
They're almost always malt liquor anyway, which is supposed to be PISS.



Haha, got a few of those for the laugh when I was in Germany, were they available here ever?


Anyway, ye should be drinking from a glass, beer is always better in a glass!

Yes they were around in the early 90s, I think it was cheap and only drunk by total alcos.

keithclancy

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Does anyone remember liter cans of Faxe beer? I saw them on sale in France recently

Yeh ... they sell them in the Petrol station on my route home from work ... 1 Liter can .. not bad beer either.
http://www.pivomil.cz/sudy/eshop/3-1-PIVO-lahve-plechovky/0/5/683-FAXE-Premium-danske-pivo-1l

Here in NL everyone does the 330ml bottles.

Cans are rarely used unless you're going knacker drinking in the park / on the beech.

If you drink wine on a boat driving around Amsterdam you look like a gentleman.

padd b1975

iamstop wrote: »

[*]They'd be cheaper for giving a can to a mate or whatever

Theres one for the stinge thread.