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looplink t1_itbfgo1 wrote

I’m confused. Is having any particular beverage packaged in a 40oz bottle somehow special or different than any other size?

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benck202 t1_itbna6s wrote

Yes, a 40oz typically refers to malt liquor as opposed to standard beer. Now they obviously have craft beer styles that are high ABV but traditionally, the light domestic beer you could buy is under 5% ABV. So malt liquor has a light domestic taste with a high ABV and is typically sold in 40 oz containers. If you look at the 40s sold in a store most of them will say “malt liquor” as opposed to beer or lager.

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looplink t1_itbo61g wrote

I see, thanks. Now out of curiosity, do they sell the same brands of malt in other common containers such as 12oz bottles/cans?

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benck202 t1_itboapk wrote

Typically not. Although sometimes you can get them in oversized cans as opposed to the traditional 40oz glass bottle.

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riski_click t1_itdpf4c wrote

Mickeys hand grenades were small, and haffenreffer came in 16oz bottles (and 12oz bottles as well I think). I have no idea if any of those things exist anymore though.

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Rough-Jackfruit2306 t1_itbm299 wrote

It’s just a romanticized thing in music and other media, like smoking blunts or doing shots. Sometimes it’s fun to cosplay as a member of the Wu Tang Clan.

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SpiritedCamel_ t1_itbnqzj wrote

Ah the good old days of drinking 40s. They taste like crap and the last 20 ounces is warm and flat unless you slam the whole thing.

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