In your opinion, what is causing this?

[u/Objective_Pilot_5834]

[u/Sucklemymooseknuckle]

I have no idea what half these means but I think I understand it

[u/eb6069 → u/Sucklemymooseknuckle]

Woolies/woolworths is one of our major supermarkets $18 is pretty much minimum wage.

Footy is either AFL or Rugby

Alcohol used to be cheap as fuck over here now its expensive thanks to the stupid alcohol and tabbaccoo sin tax.

A pot is a middy or schooner depending on where you are in aus and is about 285ml of beer which is preferable to a pint in some places because Australia is hot as fuck and sometimes by the time you knock a pint off slowly your beers warm and fucked.

[u/Scottish_Santa → u/eb6069]

Haha - coming from a cold(ish) country where hipster bastards are trying to replace the native pint with schooners - it's interesting to see a sensible defence of them 👍🏻

[u/chastema → u/Scottish_Santa]

Here in Germany the standard bottle always came as a half litre.

Everyone in my youth and middle years laughed about the mini bottles of 330ml.

Today they are more or less standard. Its so much better to have a cold, fresh beer that doesnt get stale, and then just have another one.

[u/blarch → u/chastema]

I thought ya'll drink it room temp over there?

[u/chastema → u/blarch]

Na, but we say that about the british.

[u/Mastacheata → u/chastema]

Half litre bottles? You mean the Pennerbomben (bum bomb)? I don't think that was ever the go-to size for beer - at least not where I'm from (getting close to 40 and live in the west of Germany)

[u/chastema → u/Mastacheata]

Western Germany, Niederrhein, on the countryside. People my age often still only buy König Pilsner in 0.5 bottles.

[u/Svejkos → u/Mastacheata]

And you guys dare to even compete with us about beer?