What Has Happened to the Schooner of Beer

[101RRS]

According to this website the size of a Schooner of beer in Australia (except SA) is 425ml.

5 Beer Glass Sizes in Australia Explained | Man of Many (https://manofmany.com/lifestyle/drinks/beer-glass-sizes-in-australia-explained)

I was at two local pubs recently and bought a schooner of full strength beer and also wanted a schooner of light as I was driving. No light on tap so had to buy a stubby which I wanted in a glass. The full strength schooner filled the glass and the stubby also filled the same sized glass to the same level.

So my supposed 425ml schooner of full strength was actually 375ml - have I been short changed 50ml for my schooner.

Have you noticed that the actual size of beers have slowly decreased with no fanfare.

Garry

[shack]

According to this website the size of a Schooner of beer in Australia (except SA) is 425ml.

5 Beer Glass Sizes in Australia Explained | Man of Many (https://manofmany.com/lifestyle/drinks/beer-glass-sizes-in-australia-explained)

I was at two local pubs recently and bought a schooner of full strength beer and also wanted a schooner of light as I was driving. No light on tap so had to buy a stubby which I wanted in a glass. The full strength schooner filled the glass and the stubby also filled the same sized glass to the same level.

So my supposed 425ml schooner of full strength was actually 375ml - have I been short changed 50ml for my schooner.

Have you noticed that the actual size of beers have slowly decreased with no fanfare.

GarryA Schooner is still meant to be 425, there's some slippery operators around.

I'm sure there will be a perfectly well rehearsed explanation.

[1950landy]

A Schooner is still meant to be 425, there's some slippery operators around.

I'm sure there will be a perfectly well rehearsed explanation.

It's called Downsizing. It's so you don't get done for DD.:twobeers:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

For the old timers amongst us,, remember how all schooner glasses had AHA on the glass....
Somebody actually cared about the customer back then...

anyway, schooners are for girls.
Real Men drink PINTS!

[p38arover]

anyway, schooners are for girls.
Real Men drink PINTS!

I drink middies. I struggle to finish a stubby. If I start drinking one about 3:30pm I still haven’t finished it when it’s time to go home at 5pm.

I bought a 6-pack a couple of months ago - I still have 4 left. (Not that foul tasting Coopers with the green label - although the one with the purple can isn’t any better.)

Don’t ask me about shiraz! 😀

I used to drink beer until I moved to Ceduna in 1969 and found South Australian beer was undrinkable but their wines weren’t.

[Saitch]

I drink middies. I struggle to finish a stubby. If I start drinking one about 3:30pm I still haven’t finished it when it’s time to go home at 5pm.

I bought a 6-pack a couple of months ago - I still have 4 left. (Not that foul tasting Coopers with the green label - although the one with the purple can isn’t any better.)

Don’t ask me about shiraz! 😀

I used to drink beer until I moved to Ceduna in 1969 and found South Australian beer was undrinkable but their wines weren’t.

185586

[V8Ian]

For the old timers amongst us,, remember how all schooner glasses had AHA on the glass....
Somebody actually cared about the customer back then...

anyway, schooners are for girls.
Real Men drink PINTS!
It's a hard life, isn't it Pedro?
I suppose you'll have to do it, until some considerate volunteer comes to relieve you. [tonguewink]

[Tombie]

For the old timers amongst us,, remember how all schooner glasses had AHA on the glass....
Somebody actually cared about the customer back then...

anyway, schooners are for girls.
Real Men drink PINTS!

All glasses at any of our locals still have the minimum level marking - just not the AHA logo.

Single Malt is much easier to measure [emoji102][emoji41]

[B.S.F.]

OT, just something that came to mind when I read this topic.
A long time ago, when Alan Bond owned the Castlemaine Perkins brewery we had a gig on his boat for about two weeks. It was tied up just opposite Christopher Scase's
luxury yacht at Fisherman's Wharf Southport, if I remember correctly. As you can see I've still got part of the 'uniform'.
.W.

[Saitch]

OT, just something that came to mind when I read this topic.
A long time ago, when Alan Bond owned the Castlemaine Perkins brewery we had a gig on his boat for about two weeks. It was tied up just opposite Christopher Scase's
luxury yacht at Fisherman's Wharf Southport, if I remember correctly. As you can see I've still got part of the 'uniform'.
.W.

Skase's vessel was "Mirage III", from memory.

[B.S.F.]

Skase's vessel was "Mirage III", from memory.
Thank you for that, I just could not recall the name.
.W.

[V8Ian]

Skase's vessel was "Mirage III", from memory.
Tom Burns' (ALP MP) Vessel was "The Electorate". When a constituent would phone Tom, the office staff would reply "I'm sorry, Mr Burns is out in the electlorate.

[BradC]

All glasses at any of our locals still have the minimum level marking - just not the AHA logo.

Single Malt is much easier to measure [emoji102][emoji41]

I was pretty unsteady last time I had a pint of Single Malt.

[NavyDiver]

Why risk it- PINTS for all [bigwhistle]

[shack]

I was pretty unsteady last time I had a pint of Single Malt.Yep, if you're not in training it can do that.

This is one occasion it's probably best to stick to a Schooner, even if it is a 375..

[ramblingboy42]

Sooooo Ron , why dont you just say...."I dont like beer"?

I note that all the other states besides SA are inundated with boutique breweries , still trying to make beer.....

......although the Woolshed in Paringa brews the most amazing tasting range of beers I have experienced....must be a SA thing.

[p38arover]

I don't like many beers - especially South Aussie beers.

When I moved to Carnarvon, I found WA beer to be equally bad so I didn't start up again with beer drinking.

[NavyDiver]

I don't like many beers - especially South Aussie beers.

When I moved to Carnarvon, I found WA beer to be equally bad so I didn't start up again with beer drinking.

Redback was ok - Haven't had one for decades so my memory might be cloudy [bigrolf]

[101RRS]

Was at a local club - and a schooner of Bundy and Coke is 420ml but a Schooner of beer is 425ml -if I get bored one day I might check with Liquor and Gaming to see if there are regs that stipulate the size of drinks.

[gavinwibrow]

Redback was ok - Haven't had one for decades so my memory might be cloudy [bigrolf]


Definitely one of my favourites. Redback got bought out and moved to the east some years ago, then it disappeared. Recently was available back in Fremantle, but haven't seen it in the last few visits to the local pub or bottleshop.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I found this to be pretty typical in a SA pub..
185694

[Saitch]

I found this to be pretty typical in a SA pub..
185694

What! No 'Extra Strong Vintage Ale'? [biggrin]

[Tombie]

I found this to be pretty typical in a SA pub..
185694

And how many did you visit?

Of the 5 or so here, not one is purely Coopers.
Several have boutique brews on tap.

Lincoln, Cowell, Tumby, Pt Neill, Cleve all have alternatives on tap.

[shack]

And how many did you visit?

Of the 5 or so here, not one is purely Coopers.
Several have boutique brews on tap.

Lincoln, Cowell, Tumby, Pt Neill, Cleve all have alternatives on tap.I'm with you Tombie, most places will have at least 3 or 4 different brands on tap.

[ramblingboy42]

someone over in the west paid too much money for a 50' boat that would do 50kts.

was it Lloyds Ships that built it?

I can't recall if it ever achieved the desired speed.

[NavyDiver]

someone over in the west paid too much money for a 50' boat that would do 50kts.

was it Lloyds Ships that built it?

I can't recall if it ever achieved the desired speed.


I know a boat that can do 50 knots

IF its flat, if there is now wind wave.............................................. ..................[biggrin][biggrin][biggrin][biggrin][biggrin] speed doesnt kill us. Its what we hit when moving at speed that may be the determining factor[bigwhistle]

Honestly on the stern of a amazing DDG at Full Ahead is still awe inspiring for this black duck.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

the rear deck on the Fast Cats that ran to Tassie was exciting!
certainly a hard place to keep a steady schooner---

[Pedro_The_Swift]

And how many did you visit?

.

no more than 2 or 3 dozen.....[wink11]

[Saitch]

no more than 2 or 3 dozen.....[wink11]

That's what I call 'Tap Dancing'![smilebigeye]

[Tote]

According to this website the size of a Schooner of beer in Australia (except SA) is 425ml.

5 Beer Glass Sizes in Australia Explained | Man of Many (https://manofmany.com/lifestyle/drinks/beer-glass-sizes-in-australia-explained)

I was at two local pubs recently and bought a schooner of full strength beer and also wanted a schooner of light as I was driving. No light on tap so had to buy a stubby which I wanted in a glass. The full strength schooner filled the glass and the stubby also filled the same sized glass to the same level.

So my supposed 425ml schooner of full strength was actually 375ml - have I been short changed 50ml for my schooner.

Have you noticed that the actual size of beers have slowly decreased with no fanfare.

Garry

I have some schooner glasses in the cupboard and had always assumed that a schooner was 375 Ml as a can filled it pretty nicely. I reckon that you would be lucky to ever get 425 ml of beer at a pub though.

185727

185728

185729

Gee I put myself through some effort for this forum, I'll have to drink it now [happycry]

Regards,
Tote

[101RRS]

I reckon that you would be lucky to ever get 425 ml of beer at a pub though.

Regards,
Tote

A schooner at Eastlakes is 425ml so they do exist.

[superquag]

For the old timers amongst us,, remember how all schooner glasses had AHA on the glass....
Somebody actually cared about the customer back then...

anyway, schooners are for girls.
Real Men drink PINTS!


So, you're saying that (until recent times). the only 'Real' Men were.... Poms back in Blighty drinking PINTS... while us wussy Aussies skolled....(half-sized) 'Schooners'. ?

[superquag]

Redback was ok - Haven't had one for decades so my memory might be cloudy [bigrolf]

'I saw wot you did...' [biggrin]

[Tombie]

So, you're saying that (until recent times). the only 'Real' Men were.... Poms back in Blighty drinking PINTS... while us wussy Aussies skolled....(half-sized) 'Schooners'. ?

I always ordered Imperial pints if so inclined to have a larger beverage.

Nowadays I prefer my drinks to be at least of legal age, single, and around 30ml

[RANDLOVER]

When it comes to abs I have something much better than a six pack, I have a beer barrel.

[d2dave]

So, you're saying that (until recent times). the only 'Real' Men were.... Poms back in Blighty drinking PINTS... while us wussy Aussies skolled....(half-sized) 'Schooners'. ?

And down south, in my youth we only had pots. (middy in some states) Schooners didn't exist.

We get em all now. Beer is proof that there is a god and he loves us.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

So, you're saying that (until recent times). the only 'Real' Men were.... Poms back in Blighty drinking PINTS... while us wussy Aussies skolled....(half-sized) 'Schooners'. ?

The whole of WA drink pints pretty much exclusively.[bigsmile]
They do have a smaller ladies size glass available......

[DieselDan]

And down south, in my youth we only had pots. (middy in some states) Schooners didn't exist.

We get em all now. Beer is proof that there is a god and he loves us.I always thought that it was bacon that was proof....
But beer works too!
Although VB's existence would suggest he/she has questionable tastes [emoji38]