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.
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.
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.
10 fl oz (285 mL) known as a "schooner". Prior to metrication and standardisation of glass sizes throughout Australia, schooners in SA were 9 fluid ounces (256 mL). 15 fl oz (425 mL) known as a "pint" 20 fl oz (570 mL) known as an "imperial pint"
If someone tells you it's 'your shout', that means it's your time to buy! Slab: this is what Australians call a carton of beer. Smoko: a slang term for a coffee or cigarette break.
Stubby – A short glass bottle (just like a Bundaberg Ginger Beer!)
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.
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”).
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)
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.
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.
Contributor's comments: The word "ding" is or was a west Australian colloquialism for people of Mediterranean origin.
"Pop" and "fizzy pop" are used in Northern England, South Wales, and the Midlands while "mineral" is used in Ireland. In Scotland, "fizzy juice" or even simply "juice" is colloquially encountered, as is "ginger". In Australia and New Zealand, "soft drink" or "fizzy drink" is typically used.
“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.
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.
New South Wales & Western Australia - commonly known as a 'middy' Queensland & Tasmania - commonly known as a 'pot' Victoria - commonly known as a 'pot'. While most states will serve you a schooner if you ask for 'a beer', Victoria will actually serve you a pot.
We use pint to mean a beer in a pub. 'Do you want to go for a pint after work?
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.
Australian currency
One dollar equals 100 cents. Australian dollars come in $100, $50, $20, $10, and $5 banknotes.
The term "esky" is also commonly used in Australia to generically refer to portable coolers or ice boxes and is part of the Australian vernacular, in place of words like "cooler" or "cooler box" and the New Zealand "chilly bin".
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.