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brits1 Jul 26th 2022 9:00 pm
Re: Price of Polo mints?
 
Originally Posted by Retirednow (Post 13130714)
Schooners in SA, pots down in Mexico, middies in NSW, and cans when I was in Darwin.
When my DH was working in Darwin it was “tinnies” and not cans.

Amazulu Jul 26th 2022 9:05 pm
Re: Price of Polo mints?
 
Originally Posted by brits1 (Post 13131287)
The three “locals” we used in Perth all sold pints and half pints maybe my memory is fading now on our life in Australia but I cannot remember coming across midis and pots when we went “out”
That's still how it is

brits1 Jul 26th 2022 9:09 pm
Re: Price of Polo mints?
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 13131128)
I have the same battle with ice in cider. They are convinced thats the correct way to serve it (even though it affects the measure of the drink :drinkingbeer:

I can't stand it with ice, dilutes the cider, and makes the drink too cold to taste properly (though with some Aussie drinks that can be a bonus!
:getcoat:
In Australia I enjoyed (now and again in the summer) a really cold (cannot drink cider any other way) Strongbow sweet cider but they do not sell it here in the UK (sweet version) our eldest lived in the south west (UK) for a few years and he really enjoys a cider, personally I think it’s looney juice lol but our eldest said they drink it from birth “down in the south west” lol

brits1 Jul 26th 2022 9:15 pm
Re: Price of Polo mints?
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 13129197)
Lucky!
City prices have always been shocking, but the few pubs that exist in the suburbs weren't so bad. My tatty local used to charge $6 for a pint pf Bulmers, then they closed during covid, turned it into a nasty glass & chrome monstrosity, and doubled all the prices :eek:

As for Polos, I remember them being two & a half new pence, and 17 in a packet! Probab~ly eaten my body weight in them over the years
Reminds me of the “penny tray” at our local corner shop, what a treat that was for us on a Friday after school, the white mice were my favourite oh and the licorice “pipes” luckily we have a traditional “sweetie” shop near to us but the chocolate mice are not the same…which maybe a good thing for me lol. Did any of you Aussie’s have anything similar growing up? For a treat we use to take our boys to the English Sweet Shop in Perth city centre , use to cost us a mortgage but they both lived the English chocolate

Pollyana Jul 26th 2022 10:52 pm
Re: Price of Polo mints?
 
Originally Posted by brits1 (Post 13131292)
In Australia I enjoyed (now and again in the summer) a really cold (cannot drink cider any other way) Strongbow sweet cider but they do not sell it here in the UK (sweet version) our eldest lived in the south west (UK) for a few years and he really enjoys a cider, personally I think it’s looney juice lol but our eldest said they drink it from birth “down in the south west” lol
Yep, some of us born in Zummerzet were raised on the real stuff! Can't beat proper scrumpy cider!

Amazulu Jul 27th 2022 12:03 pm
Re: Price of Polo mints?
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 13131305)
Yep, some of us born in Zummerzet were raised on the real stuff! Can't beat proper scrumpy cider!
I'm not a fan. I had it in the UK a few times and thought it was okay but not great. There's a cidery 10 minutes from where I live and they make it but I just find it too strong and hard to drink. They do a cloudly cider though which is just fantastic. I'm happy with the mainstream ciders like Bulmers and Magners that most pubs in WA have on tap. Hard cider - which is better than those Scandinavian ciders which are all rage but are just too sickly sweet. Garbage

NJJ Jul 27th 2022 12:07 pm
Re: Price of Polo mints?
 
Originally Posted by winston_1 (Post 13130330)
Since when has Australis sold beer in pints?
When I was there it was midis and pots. A pot was 1/2 pint, a midi even smaller.
When I first moved to Melbourne 285ml pot was the standard beer. The local pub I frequented and had 1 pint glass behind the bar which they kept for my use when I went in. There was a big hunt for the pint glass one day as it disappeared from the bar. It was located a little while later in the pokis room as someone in there had earlier requested a pint.

Nowdays around Victoria 425ml schooner is the most common sold beer in pubs & clubs from my observations & experience.

I think it's a generation thing as at my local RSL myself and others under 50 drink schooners, the older guys drink pots.


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