6. Tinnies = Cans of Beer. But the Australian slang for beer is amber fluid. Some states call it a pint and at others, it is a schooner.
Plonk is perhaps Australia's best-known word for alcohol.
swipes (British, slang) wallop (British, slang) hop juice. amber fluid or nectar (Australian, informal) tinnie or tinny (Australian, slang)
Stubby – A short glass bottle (just like a Bundaberg Ginger Beer!)
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”).
The locals will go out of their way to make you feel welcome, and you might even be invited to a backyard barbie (barbecue) to have a chinwag (chat) and a coldie (cold beer). One of the first things you'll notice is Aussies love to shorten words.
The stubby (the beer bottle) is widely used in Australia and to a degree in Europe.
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.
A short glass bottle used for beer is generally called a stubby, or originally a steinie.
Saucy beer names — Dirty Tackle, Piddle Slasher, Old Slapper — are a bit of fun to some, off-putting to others, and either way are another battleground for debates over 'political correctness', censorship, good taste and sexism.
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.
After the introduction of hops into England from Flanders in the 15th century, "ale" referred to an unhopped fermented drink, "beer" being used to describe a brew with an infusion of hops.
“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.
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.
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.
As such, here in Australia we refer to Champagne-style wines as Sparklings. In Australia, Sparkling White wine is commonly made using Chardonnay grapes to create wine that's medium-bodied and dry, often possessing fruit-forward flavours of peach, apple, grapefruit and melon.
In Australia, locals call cheap cask wine “goon.” It's sold in disposable silver bags, aptly named “goon sacks.” Unlike a standard .
If you've travelled Australia for some time you'll be well acquainted with the term goon, for freshies, it means wine that comes in a box and gives you the best bang for your buck. Simply means value for money.
Tinnie and Amber Nectar
Both these slang words are in use in Australia to mean a beer. Tinnie was first used in the 1970s and referred to as canned beer. Amber nectar originated from the U.S. in the 19th century. Amber nectar can refer to lager.
Another variant of "tinny"/"tinnie" is as a slang term for a can of beer, commonly used in Australia. The word is also widely understood throughout the UK, where it has been used extensively to advertise Australian and Australia-themed lagers over many years.
A half pint is called a middy, as it says, but a pint is called a "pot" and is not common. Not many drink pints because unless you're swilling it down it's too warm by the end of the glass. if you just want the local fare - like swan draft - ask for a middy of super. a jug is 4 middy's or 2 pints.
While some Australian speakers would pronounce “no” as a diphthong, starting on “oh” as in dog and ending on “oo” as in put, others begin with an unstressed “a” (the sound at the end of the word “sofa”), then move to the “oh” and then “oo”.
3. bloke – man or guy. A stereotype of a typical Australian man: loves beer, sport and barbies.
Bogan was brewed in collaboration with Three Boys from New Zealand. A single dry hop New Zealand Pale Ale packed full of fresh Nelson Sauvin hops.