In OZ Darwin stubbie

[MarcB]

In OZ what is the difference between a stubbie and a Darwin stubbie?
I assume they both refer to beer.

 

[Joelline]

In Australia, a stubbie is a single-serving sized bottle of beer. In N. Australia, a "Darwin stubbie" is a gigantic bottle of beer (I'm not quite sure how much bigger than a stubbie it is, but I'd say 3-5 times as big).

Wait for an Aussie to confirm this.

 

[You little ripper!]

A Darwin stubbie is 1.25 litre bottle of beer. In the rest of the country a stubbie is a 375 ml bottle of beer.
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[aragorn]

In Australia, a stubbie is a single-serving sized bottle of beer. In N. Australia, a "Darwin stubbie" is a gigantic bottle of beer (I'm not quite sure how much bigger than a stubbie it is, but I'd say 3-5 times as big).

Wait for an Aussie to confirm this.

Please consider yourself confirmed with the addition that a Darwin Stubbie is about two litres or 7.7 standard drinks

aragorn
dodging darwin

 

[Brioche]

According to the person offering this Darwin Stubbie on E-bay,
it holds 2.25 litres.

 

[SofiaB]

Due to the variety of sizes posted I checked the sites posted and others. The sizes range from 1.25,2.0 to 2.25. Does anyone have a definitive answer?

 

[MarcB]

Thanks for the information. It looks like there is some disagreemet on the size. Perhaps the bottle on e-bay posted by Brioche is the most reliable?

 

[You little ripper!]

Thanks for the information. It looks like there is some disagreemet on the size. Perhaps the bottle on e-bay posted by Brioche is the most reliable?

This one selling on ebay is 2 litres, so it would seems that there are different sizes. The one thing you can be certain of is that it's much bigger than the "normal" stubbie.
http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/07/76/68/b2_1_b.JPG

 

[aragorn]

This one selling on ebay is 2 litres, so it would seems that there are different sizes. The one thing you can be certain of is that it's much bigger than the "normal" stubbie.
http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/07/76/68/b2_1_b.JPG

Is it possible that the size differences are due to the difference between U.S. liters and Australian litres
aragorn
never having seen a real Darwin stubbie

 

[languageGuy]

The US liter is about 4 inches bigger than the Australian litre.

 

[Brioche]

In the days before Australia went metric, standard wine and beer bottles held 26 imperial fluid ounces =738 ml.

The original Darwin stubbie was equivalent to 3 bottles of beer, so just over 2.2 litres.
Wine was commonly sold in glass "flagons" equivalent to 3 bottles.

Now a standard beer or wine bottle is 750 ml.
Stubbies are 375 ml - European beer bottles are 330 ml.

Wine flagons now are 2 litres, and so is the current Darwin Stubbie.

 

[aragorn]

In the days before Australia went metric, standard wine and beer bottles held 26 imperial fluid ounces of beer =738 ml.

The original Darwin stubbie was equivalent to 3 bottles of beer, so not quite 2.25 litres. Wine was commonly sold in "flagons" equivalent to 3 bottles.

Thanks Brioche
So that makes a Darwin Stubbie the beer equivalent of a 'goonie' in the local vernacular and finally a description that makes sense to me
aragorn
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