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Aussie
Pub Dictionary
- Pub Talk
Before you
order you should know what you are asking for. Here
are some of the more common terms you might need to
use in an Aussie Pub.
Ale
A beer made
by the top fermentation process. The traditional Australian
beer.
Beer
A
fermented liquor brewed from malt or malt andmalt substitutes.
Generally beer in Australia includes ale, lager, pilsner,
bitter, draught, stout and maybe a few others.
Bitter
A
bitter beer usually well hopped
Bundy
Bunderberg
Rum
Draught
A
beer served directly from a keg
Keg
A
stainless steel barrel of beer
Light
Beer
A
beer you can drink more of without going over the limit
The
Limit
Varies
but .05 should keep you safe if you have your full licence.
But we don't think it is cool to drink any alcohol and
drive
Pilsner
Named
after a Czech town or so we are told. It's a light colour
beer
Portagaff
Stout and Lemonade , not bad ( A Specialty served
at the Mentone Hotel, Cheers to Anna Leamon )
Stout
A
dark beer, made with a highly roasted malt. It
varies a little bit between states.
Cider
Why
bother
Mates....Blokes
......and Sheilas
Spirits
are pretty much the same all over:
Check
out the beer terms for Victoria,
South Australia, New
South Wales, Queensland, Northern
Territory, Tasmania and Western
Australia.
Victoria
- Beer
-
Pony
140ml
-
A
Beer 200ml
-
Pot
285ml
-
Schooner
485ml
-
Jug
1140ml
South
Australia - Beer
-
Pony
140ml
-
Butcher
200ml
-
Schooner
285ml
-
Jug
1140ml
New
South Wales - Beer
-
A
Five 140ml
-
A
Seven 200ml
-
Middie
285ml
-
Schooner
425ml
-
Jug
1140ml
Queensland
- Beer
-
N/A
140ml
-
A
beer 200ml
-
Pot
285ml
-
Schooner
425ml
-
Jug
1140ml
Northern
Territory - Beer
Tasmania
- Beer
-
6
oz Beer 170ml If
your an old guy and asked for a beer you would get
a 6oz
-
8oz
Beer 225ml
-
10oz
Beer 285ml If you are a young guy you would get
a 10oz for a beer
-
N/A
425ml Only for visitors
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Jug
1140ml
Western
Australia - Beer
-
Pony
140ml
-
A
Beer 200ml
-
Pot
285ml
-
Middie
285ml
-
N/A
425ml
-
Jug
1140ml
And
just a few things you should know
Anotherie
Another
one(to squeeze one more in)
Arvo
Afternoon,
after work or after lunch
Aussie
An
Australian person
Blotto
Way to much
to drink.
Blue-
a fight
in the local
Blue
collar
workers
& drinkers
B&S
A batchelor
and Spinsters Ball. Or one big party with big drinkers
and heaps of utes. A GREAT NIGHT OUT
Camp
Sleep
over after a big one out or a quick nap before you go
again
Chocka
Packed out,
heaps of people
Chocka
Block-In the
middle of a good time
Coldie
A Ice Cold Beer
Dance
Something
you do when your blotto or trying to pick up
Early
Opener
First
stop of the day. Usually shift workers favourite
Gaming
In
pub betting. Usually Poker Machines or Card Machines
Grog
Alcohol
Happy
Hour
Usually Friday Nights, cheaper drinks
Heart
Starter
Quick
one. Or the first of the day
Perve
Love
a good look at the talent
Pissed
See
blotto
Punt
Having
a bet on the Horses or Dogs
Recovery
Usually
after the B&S when everyone gets together to talk
about their hangovers and and get on the grog, with
sausages
Shandy
Beer
and lemonade
Scull
Drink
a drink as fast as you can in one go
Shotgun
A
Darwin thing. A can of beer opened at the top and punctured
at the bottom at the same time and then sqeezed and
sucked dry from the bottom hole. Just the thing to do
in Darwin.
Shitfight
Trying
to get through the crowd to the bar
Slab
A
carton of beer. Or box of 24 stubbies or cans
Smoko
Take
a break for a smoke
Stubbie
A
small stubby bottle of beer
TAB
Totalisator
Agency Board. Somewhere to bet
Tat
Tattoo
Watering
Hole
The
local pub
If you know
any more local terms, contact
us and let us know. We always want to hear from
you. Who knows, we might even send you an aussiepubs
sticker if we use your suggestion.
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