But the Australian slang for beer is amber fluid. Some states call it a pint and at others, it is a schooner.
Drinks: From a “coldie” to the “booze bus”
So, what do Aussies mean when they say: “Let's grab a slab from the bottle-o later.” A “slab” is a quantity or beer, usually a box. You can buy this from a liquor store (Aussies call this a bottle shop, or “bottle-o”). Be careful not to drink alcohol and drive a vehicle.
Know your glass sizes
and small (285ml/10 fl. oz.). Residents of Victoria and South Australia call the large sized beer a “pint,” while in all other states it's called a “schooner” (pronounced “skooner”). There's more variation with the smaller size.
Those in the eastern states will tend to pronounce "fear" and "beer" without any jaw movement, while Western Australians tend pronounce them more like "fe-ah" and "be-ah", respectively.
swipes (British, slang) wallop (British, slang) hop juice. amber fluid or nectar (Australian, informal) tinnie or tinny (Australian, slang)
How To Drink a Boilermaker. The most common way to drink a boilermaker is to fill a pint glass halfway with beer, drop a filled shot glass into it, and then drink the contents of both in one go. Also known as “Bomb Cocktails,” it's a fun way to drink with a lively group of friends.
Lager is the term generally used in England for bottom-fermented beer. Despite the traditional English beer being ale, more than half of the current English market is now lager in the Pilsener and Export styles.
Plonk is perhaps Australia's best-known word for alcohol.
The alcohol beverages most commonly consumed by Australians are bottled wine (34%), regular strength beer (19%), and bottled spirits/liqueur (15%).
In the early decades of the Australian colonies "grog" was often the only alcoholic beverage available to the working classes. Eventually in Australia the word "grog" came to be used as a slang term for any alcoholic beverage.
Plonk is perhaps Australia's best-known word for alcohol. It originally meant cheap, fortified wine but over time came to mean any cheap alcohol.
Stubby – A short glass bottle (just like a Bundaberg Ginger Beer!)
An Australian pub or hotel is a public house or pub for short, in Australia, and is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. They may also provide other services, such as entertainment, meals and basic accommodation.
When Aus or Aussie, the short form for an Australian, is pronounced for fun with a hissing sound at the end, it sounds as though the word being pronounced has the spelling Oz. Hence Australia in informal language is referred to as Oz.
One of the most preferred beers in Australia, Victoria Bitter has long been Australia's best seller.
An ABC News article published in 2018 described lemon, lime, and bitters (LLB) as "Australia's national drink". Lemon, lime, and bitters is a mixed drink made with (clear) lemonade, lime cordial, and Angostura bitters. The lemonade is sometimes substituted with soda water or lemon squash.
“Cheers!”
Aussies use “cheers!” in a number of instances: to say thank you, in celebration, when drinking, and to say hello and goodbye. Get ready to hear “cheers mate!” a lot.
A short glass bottle used for beer is generally called a stubby, or originally a steinie.
It's "good evening", or the non-time specific "g'day". Contributor's comments: I grew up in Brisbane, and have never, heard 'Goodnight' as a greeting.
Walking into a pub and saying, “I'll have a pint please,” always means a pint of beer, don't expect to get a pint of water or lemonade handed to you.
In Britain, the Imperial pint—equal to 568 milliliters—has been the legal beer measure since 1698, and woe to the publican who pulls a short pint.