The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #154845   Message #3636491
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
25-Jun-14 - 06:36 AM
Thread Name: Words for Liquor
Subject: RE: Words for Liquor
Here in the land of Oz, the size of beer glasses leads to names - middy (the usual size), schooner & pot (large), pint (largest standard glass) or seven (smallest glass, probably obsolete as I don't see them in pubs nowadays).

As beer is served cold, some drinkers ask for a coldie. Beer is often bought by the slab (24 cans in a box), & plonk is cheap wine.

Australian wine runs from prize-winning to cheap & can be bought in bottles, flagons, & casks, an Australian invention

Alcohol can be consumed in pubs, bars & restaurants & bought from bottle-os (bottle shops or off-licences) for consumption elsewhere.

& of course if someone gets on the booze, grog, piss, turps, amber fluid, bundy (rum made in Bundaburg) & are considering driving, they need to watch out for the booze bus or they could end up in jail or hospital.

sandra