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The American Twelfth (10 2 ⁄ 3 US oz [315 mL], or 1 ⁄ 12 of a US gallon), American Commercial Pint (12.8 US fl oz [379 mL], or 1 ⁄ 10 of a US gallon) / British Reputed Pint (13 1 ⁄ 3 imp oz [379 mL], or 1 ⁄ 12 an Imperial gallon), and the Canadian "stubby" bottle (12 imp oz [341 mL]) may have been factors.
The first consumer packaging for beer in Canada was the growler, a 1.89-litre (0.42 imp gal; 0.50 US gal) bottle sold by local brewpubs. Distribution increased with the bottling lines of large breweries, which sold 650-millilitre (23 imp fl oz; 22 US fl oz) bombers and 750-millilitre (26 imp fl oz; 25 US fl oz) 'quart' bottles.
A Darwin Stubby refers to several particularly large beer bottle sizes in Australia. It was first introduced in April 1958 with an 80-imperial-fluid-ounce (2,270 mL; 76.9 U.S. fl oz) capacity. [ 23 ]
The stubby positioned on retail shelves next to its long-neck competitor bottles gave the appearance that consumers were getting less, and sales plummeted. In 2011, the stubby was discontinued and brought in line with the rest of the industry's long-neck craft soda bottle. In 2016, The PoP Shoppe was acquired by Beverage World Inc. [1]
There is also a larger sized beer bottle which is labelled as containing 1.18 L (42 imperial fluid ounces; 40 US fluid ounces). [20] Some of these package sizes have been introduced since Canadian metrication began; for example, the traditional Canadian soft drink can was 10 imperial fluid ounces (284 mL), later marketed as 280 mL.
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The products of the "Big Three" of Canadian, Labatt and Molson tasted more alike and, starting in 1961, came in standardized "brown stubby" bottles. [ 23 ] In 1952, Taylor had worked out a deal with the Hope & Anchor brewery in England, whereby Hope & Anchor would produce and distribute Carling Black Label in the UK, while Hope & Anchor's ...
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