500ml to 440ml?

Edit: the 440 on the right, is the last of a can that I bought in a four pack. The 500 on the left, is one of three I bought as singles.

Packaged Guinness comes in 440 milliliters. Single cans of Guinness come in 500 mL.

Apparently, that’s how Guinness does it here in Canada.

And apparently, I lazily avoided any attempt to research or apply any level of critical thinking before posting.

  • pHr34kY@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I don’t think Fosters is associated with a country. Maybe Japan or England.

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      7 months ago

      it was marketed here (north america) as an australian beer… i think their slogan was “australian for beer” at some point. also parodied heavily in the simpsons episode in australia…

      never heard of any associations with japan or england

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        7 months ago

        Yeah in the US the slogan was “its Australian for beer, mate.”

        And the joke was “it’s Australian for piss, mate.”

        For just an average macro brew lager, I don’t think it’s that bad.

        I also associate Sapporo with Japan, which again is not bad for that type of beer.

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          7 months ago

          Sapporo is my go too plain beer. It’s not that it’s a great beer, but it’s one of the few mainstream brands that doesn’t taste like mostly sugar. If you can find the imported stuff in the funky can that’s shaped like a glass it’s way better than the North American made stuff.

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      7 months ago

      The tagline in the U.S. was “Foster’s, Australian for beer” for like 2 decades at least.

      It had an Australian flag on the can.