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The everyday task of ordering a draught beer in an Australian bar, pub or hotel can be a complicated experience if you have already had one too many. This applies especially if you have started slurring your words and have lost the ability to focus on the bar!
The reality is if you are stone-cold sober ordering a pint can still be just as dauting because of the confusing array of beer glass sizes served in states across Australia.
You can order smal, medium or large sized beers... unless you are really thirsty, when a nationwide standard-sized jug of 1140ml is recommended.
A smal glass (200ml) is simply known as a 'beer' in Victoria, Western Australia (where it is also known as a 'bobby'), New South Wales (where it can be referred to as a 'glass') and Tasmania (where they also call it a 'six). If you want a small beer in South Australia ask for a 'butcher', or in the Northern Territory request a 'seven'.
A medium sized beer is usually served in a 285ml glass and is known as a 'pot' in Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory where they also use 'beer' or 'handle'. In New South Wales and Western Australia you order a 'middy'. The same medium sized beer, the 'pot' is known as a 'ten' in Tasmania, (where they also serve a slightly smaller 225ml 'seven') and finally, it is South Australia's 'schooner'.
Talking of schooners... if you order one in Victoria you will get a whopping 485ml of beer for your money in the Northern Territoy or New South Wales where the schooner comes in a 425ml glass. The same size beer in South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania is called a 'pint'.
So can it get any more confusing? If you have read (and made sense of) all this information, then you truly do deserve a beer! | 
