AUSTRALIAN SLANG

Drinks

The famed Captain Cook believed that beer maintained the health of seamen. When he sailed from England on 26 August 1768 in the Endeavour, Cook took with him four tonnes of beer. They must have been a healthy and very thirsty crew because almost all the beer was gone a month later.

If beer is your favourite, try our page of links to Australian Beer websites. If you have a bit of song in you, have a look at the always popular Australian song Pub with No Beer by Slim Dusty.

Drink related slang >> Non-Alcoholic •  Alcoholic Drinks  •  Beer

Beer
Ginger Beer	mildly alcoholic drink made from fermenting a mixture of ginger and syrup
Black and Tan	drink made with beer and stout
VB	Victoria Bitter, a brand of beer
A Green One	Victoria Bitter, a brand of beer
XXXX	famous Queensland brand of beer, pronounced "4x" NOT "x x x x".
Amber Fluid	beer
Brownie	bottle of beer
Slab	carton of 24 cans (tinnies) or stubbies of beer
Throw Down	small bottle of beer that you can throw down (drink) quickly
Tinny	can of beer (or an aluminium boat)
Schooie, Schooey	a schooner of beer. Not to be confused with schoolie which is a holidaying school student after completing final year exams.
Darwin Stubby	famous Northern Territory bottle of beer (1.25 litre)
Longneck	bottle of beer in South Australia (750 ml.)
Middy	medium sized glass of beer (about 266ml or 9 oz., varies depending on state)
Pot	medium sized bottle of beer in Victoria and Queensland (about 285ml, varies depending on state)
Schooner	large glass of beer (about 443ml or 15 oz., varies depending on state)
Stubby	small short-necked bottle of beer (about 375ml or 12 oz., varies depending on state)
Tallie	very large bottle of beer (about 750ml or 24 oz.)