Regional Beer Slang

In PA there are some people who call a case of 30 beers a "30-rack" or simply a "rack" but as far as I know rack term is never used for anything less than 30 beers.

 

I take issue with this erroneous definition!

 

Barley pops!

 

We should all say "bowls of loud mouth soup" more, regardless of region.

 

I've also heard the term Silo's for 16oz can. Get it, like a grain silo.

 

In CO we call beers bananas, so if you go to a bar here, make sure you ask for a banana so the bartender thinks you're a local...

Seriously though, one thing we do have that not many other states do is 3.2% abv beer, which is what they sell in almost all groceries, where it's forbidden to sell full-strength beer. It's referred to, imaginatively, as "3-2."

 

Canada must have some law on the books since I see pales and IPAs labeled as "strong beer" on the bottle whenever I'm up there. I'm guessing that it's mentioned above a certain ABV.

 

Creepers...what we call those hangovers that don't hit you until the middle of the day.

 

Gary Glitter - b̶i̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ massive, predatory nonce.

 

If I heard party store I would assume you want to buy some balloons and ribbons or something

 

Back before 30 packs of "beer", beers like the one I shall not mention here came in a heavy cardboard case of 24 that we called "suitcases".

 

The candy store. . That is what I refer to my home liquor store. They know me and I can get special beers unlike other liquor store.

 

We used to shop here where my buddy Kenny would always lobby for the "pounders" (as mentioned up thread). That meant 16 oz. returnable Strohs for $8 a case.

 

And this is what I know as a schooner which I totally dislike. Worst glass ever.

 

Ummm----we called em' stop sign smashers.....but just sayin! I of course have never done anything of the sort....whistle past the graveyard......

 

We call 24 or 25oz cans, Oil Cans, where I come from. The 24 or 25 oz cans are much too wide to be Silo's.

 

Returnables. Called those "Rets"