Stubbies.

iamstop · 04-10-2012 07:47PM #1

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 · 04-10-2012 07:51PM

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 · 04-10-2012 07:51PM

Easier to catch.

mikemac1 · 04-10-2012 07:51PM

They already exist

12 pack of Kopperberg down your local Tesco

8 euro

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 04-10-2012 07:55PM

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

kowloon · 04-10-2012 07:56PM

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

DEFTLEFTHAND · 04-10-2012 07:56PM

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 · 04-10-2012 08:01PM

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

Degag · 04-10-2012 08:10PM

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

aujopimur · 04-10-2012 08:15PM

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

wp_rathead · 04-10-2012 08:19PM

kneemos wrote: »

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

it really doesn't:D

spurious · 04-10-2012 08:19PM

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 · 04-10-2012 08:20PM

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 · 04-10-2012 08:21PM

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 · 04-10-2012 08:22PM

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

strobe · 04-10-2012 08:29PM

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 · 04-10-2012 08:34PM

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

spunkymunky · 04-10-2012 08:35PM

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 · 04-10-2012 08:42PM

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 · 04-10-2012 08:45PM

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 · 04-10-2012 08:46PM

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 · 04-10-2012 08:53PM

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! · 04-10-2012 08:56PM

God bless Kaiserdom and their excessively large cans.

Mint Sauce · 04-10-2012 08:57PM

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

mackg · 04-10-2012 09:02PM

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 · 04-10-2012 09:04PM

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 · 04-10-2012 09:23PM

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 · 04-10-2012 09:40PM

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 · 04-10-2012 09:52PM

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

xii · 04-10-2012 10:48PM

Gratuitous exercise moving from couch to fridge.

04-10-2012 10:56PM

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

Stubbies.

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