Smaller beer bottles in bars?

[RKP5637]

Maybe this is a DUH moment for me, but the other night I was out and the bottles of beer were smaller. Is this a new thing, or maybe I'm just use to better/cheaper bars.

[ixion]

1. all products are getting smaller

from beer to paper towels, from tuna to toilet paper. They keep the cost the same and reduce the amount of product you get. I've noticed it at the store, and it's consistent across all product lines.

It's a scam, in my opinion.

[RKP5637]

3. At first I thought it was me, but then the people I was with said the same. Damn, and

they were not cheap.

[ellenfl]

5. when northern made their tp roll shorter, i switched.

i used to have trouble getting my fingers on the holder to change the roll. i had to rip the tube! now, there's plenty of room to release the holder because of the new mini rolls. of course, it being a koch brother product doesn't help its case.

ellen fl

[madokie]

26. There would have to be some satisfaction of wiping with a koch brother

One of the local paper plants thats been here since ww2 was purchased by the fu*k brothers and three months or so later they closed it down. Irregardless of the fact that the plant had just installed some new state of the art equipment. Their big mistake was it was a Union shop and I'm convinced that is why the fu*k brothers shut it down to kill the union.

[GreenArrow]

19. "Keep the cost the same"?

I haven't noticed that. I have noticed the perpetually shrinking packaging, but the price goes up. Plus, the size is often so reduced that you have to buy two of the item just to get what was once a perfectly adequate amount for recipes etc.

[MrSlayer]

2. Ponies have always been around.

Order a Foster's oil can next time.

[RKP5637]

4. +1, n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Yes, and that 1 lb. container of coffee weighs in at about 11 oz. (or less) these days.

It's been going on for years. They leave the size of the package the same, but they put less product in it.

[RKP5637]

9. And the prices keep going up and up. n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

50. And coffee is about the only "vice" I have left! It's just not fair!

[RoccoR5955]

7. smaller than what?

fewer ounces or less alcohol?

[RKP5637]

8. The beer was Budweiser, plain old Budweiser, but the diameter of the bottle was

a little smaller and the height just a little less.

[pinboy3niner]

14. Sounds like Bud Lightweight

Less filling! :)

[cliffordu]

15. That's why I drink Drano.

12 oz is twelve fucking ounces.

What you keep down, you get to keep.

True freedom...

:hi:

[pinboy3niner]

16. You know what they say: "You don't get to keep Drano...

...you just rent it." :evilgrin:



:hi:

[cliffordu]

17. lol/....I can always count on you.......

:rofl:

[backscatter712]

23. Or like Leslie Neilsen said in Naked Gun...

"It's true what they say. Cops and women don't mix. It's like eating a spoonful of Drano: Sure, it'll clean you out, but it'll leave you hollow inside."

[RKP5637]

22. Bud Lightweight, Yep!

:)

[RoccoR5955]

18. Yucch! Budweiser... The most tasteless beer on the planet! n/t

[backscatter712]

25. Indeed. Order a pint of a good microbrew.

They give you a full pint, not a downsized can.

And it's real beer, not horsepiss.

[RKP5637]

34. +1000 +++ n/t

[Erose999]

29. I saw some of those the other day. 11 ounce bottle. It was Bud Light Lime. My buddy had some his

girlfriend had left behind at his apartment after they split up. He asked me if I wanted it and I said "no". We proceeded to empty out like 12 of them down the sink so we could recycle the bottles.

And this was in GA on a Sunday.

Bud Light Lime is some nasty stuff. It reminds me of the "Ecto Cooler" flavor of Hi-C they came out with for the Ghostbusters movies when I was a kid back in the mid '80's. LOL

[RKP5637]

32. That must have been it. The bottle was smaller, but not wow, that is

small. 11 ounce bottle sounds about right!

[PRETZEL]

31. Bought a case of Bud Light for my sister in law

who drinks it, noticed it seemed lighter.

Took a look at the cans, 10 oz. as opposed to the normal 12 oz.

[RKP5637]

33. That solves it!!! I bet this bar orders in the 10 oz bottles and sells them at the

old 12 oz price!!! Thanks!!! They were Bud Light.

[Archae]

10. Less work for the horses...

:-)

[RKP5637]

11. Ohhhhhh, that is sooooo good, I'm laughing and laughing. I can't wait to

tell someone that. I'll give you credit!!!

:toast: :toast: :toast:
:beer: :beer: :beer:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[tuckessee]

12. It would've helped if you had read the label to see how many ounces were in them. n/t

[RKP5637]

24. If I'm there again I'll do that. I'm curious now, I'm wondering if they

were 10oz bottles...

[tuckessee]

37. Now you have a good reason to go back and swill beers for research purposes.

Be sure and drink enough to verify that the alcohol content is what it is supposed to be. :)

edit - typo

[RKP5637]

40. LOL!!! I think I should also sample all the makes and different cans/glasses too, just

to be sure. LOL! I bet I even get a police escort!!!:)

[Major Nikon]

13. Those 'male enhancement' drugs actually make your hands smaller

So I'm told anyway. Might be throwing your perspective all out of whack.

Just sayin'

[RKP5637]

21. LOL!!! I wondered about that!

:)

[Atman]

20. Uhm...it's not about the size, it's about the VOLUME.

The new Bud "bottles" are smaller and lighter...and not bottles at all, they're cans shaped like bottles. They still hold 12 oz of swill, but Bud can fit many more bottles/cases on a truck, reducing shipping costs, and bars can store more in a given space. Plus, drunken rednecks can't smash them over someone's head, or break one over the bar to make an impromptu weapon, and they don't shatter all over the sidewalk when you fall down drunk.

That said, yes, many retail products ARE smaller, e.g., 6oz tuna can is now 5 or 5.5 oz, a "quart" of ice cream now contains about 28 oz or less, a tub of yogurt is smaller, potato chip bags are smaller, a "pound" of coffee is 11oz...But you still get what you pay for with Budweiser...12oz of Clydesdale urine.

[Erose999]

30. So you can't shatter them on the bar? What am I going to use as a weapon in my Shel-Silverstien

inspired bar-room brawls now? Johnny Cash must be spinning in his grave...

[Renew Deal]

39. lol

:rofl:

[negativenihil]

27. Always get beer from the tap.

Pint glasses aren't changing size any time soon.

[Atman]

36. But if you try to get Bud from "the tap," the horse might kick you...

...when you yank his wiener.

.

[RKP5637]

43. LOL

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Lance_Boyle]

38. pint glasses change constantly

Most hold only 14oz with a half-inch head to the top of the rim, or a full 16oz with zero head and beer threatening to overflow. Then there are the imperial pints you find at some bars. Those are awesome.

[JVS]

54. A friend and I once swiped a pint glass after having a dispute

We were drinking 4 dollar pitchers and I said that they were nice half gallon pitchers instead of those shitty 48 oz pitchers.

My friend said that the pitcher provided more than 4 pint glasses of beer, so I must be underestimating the size.

I said the glass is called a pint glass but it wouldn't hold a pint.

My friend said a pint is 16 oz and the glass would bear him out.

We took the glass.

We got back to my place, fetched an empty beer bottle. Agreed that beer bottles are actually regulated to be 12 ozs. Agreed that if it is a true pint that 4 fills of the bottle should fill the pint a third time.

The beer bottle of water filled the pint glass almost to the brim.

[KurtNYC]

28. and a Hagen Daaz "pint" is now 14 oz

and a "pint" of beer in a NYC bar is often 12 oz (although at Dublin House it is 19oz; imperial pint).

[RKP5637]

35. Years ago in my college days if we had sports jackets on bar hopping in NYC I used to

carry beer on the inside pocket sometimes bar to bar, wouldn't work these days I'm sure.

[dembotoz]

41. at first i thought you might be referring to shorties-much smaller bottles of beer

that have been around for a long time.

don't go to bars much--don't know if that is what you saw.

but if the cans are labeled at 10oz then that is just the fine old folks at buswiser screwing you.

switch to a brand that doesn't.

[RKP5637]

42. Yep, must have been it. Someone in the thread said they saw

bottles of Bud Light in 10oz cans rather than 12oz. These were bottles, so they must be doing it, maybe it's just for bars on request. The cost sure wasn't discounted.

[hatrack]

44. No, you're correct - some brands had 12 ounce bottles, now marked as 11.2 ounces

Sons of bitches.

[slackmaster]

45. The Astute Observer(TM) will note that 330 milliliters has been a standard size for beer bottles...

...in most of the world for a long, long time.

;-)

[pinboy3niner]

46. Wiki says Bud comes in 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24, 32 and 40 US ounce containers

(Excluding the larger, multi-gallon ones.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser

A liquor store site I looked at also offered the 330s that slackmaster mentions above (perhaps wiki considers that a nominal 11 ounces).

[RKP5637]

47. Wow! Next time I'm gonna ask for "one 40 US ounce size, please!" LOL n/t

[pinboy3niner]

48. Whoa there, big boy!

Don't forget--some places have a 2-drink minimum. :rofl:

[RKP5637]

49. You mean I can get two of these? I'll bring the wheelbarrow, second thought, might

have to ride home in the wheelbarrow! LOL
:toast: :rofl:

[pinboy3niner]

51. Yeah--and you'll probably only need one Clydesdale

:rofl:

:toast:

[RKP5637]

52. That's about right for me!!! LOL

:hi: :toast:

[HopeHoops]

53. Hell, we used to get buckets of ponies 25 years ago. I assumed they were still around.