Poll: 330ml vs 250ml cans

[Lysander]

Honestly why are 330ml cans the standard and who decided this would be the case? I have just realised that I always buy Applemetiser in 250ml cans which are a WAY better size, that quantity of drink is just the right amount: 330s are too much, I always end up drinking about 2/3 of it anyway and throwing the rest away - 250 is the optimum, gold-graded, zenith-level drinks-quantity plateau. Switching permanently to 250s would mean less wastage of both drink and alumumum and fewer fat people in this country. What does anyone else think?

EDIT: I mean for soft drinks, not beer.

 

[Lysander]

Dear Drink Manufacturing Industry,

We regret to inform you that Lysander from the internet has informed us that your 330ml cans are far too big for his tiny little mouth and would rather a smaller can. Plesse can you begin selling all your drinks in pansy-sized 250ml cans with immediate effect.

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,
Diddums (also from the internet)

Do you think that 330ml is acceptable? Do you finish the whole can because you want to or because you feel obligated to? That extra 80ml is a lot when you add it up.

 

[Lysander]

Isn't 330ml approximately half a pint? That might be why.

A pint is 568ml. Half of that is 284ml. So 330ml just doesn't make sense.

 

[Lysander]

lol op drinks childrens drinks

200ml is actually slightly better than 250ml.

 

[Lysander]

Well I've poured myself a pint of lager and will have no problems drinking it all (including the dregs...) and I am going to pour another later.

What I cannot abide are those piddling little bottles of lager. They are a miserly amount and once the case is quaffed the empties in the bin have the bin men shaking their heads knowingly as the plethora of bottles rattle into the back of the wagon.

The rule doesn't apply to beer.

 

[Lysander]

I do like a 250ml original Coke, just right for that hit. But that's once in a blue moon. Beer is my vice

Agreed with all of this. Very occasionally I'll get an Applemetiser from the supermarket, esp in hot weather. 250ml is all you need to get the initial hit. After that it's just wastage.

 

[Lysander]

Not sure have ever bought a 250ml can.
Maybe those gin and tonics you can get, for train/picnic boozing. Are those 250?

Yes, those are 250ml. Like I say though, I was thinking of for soft drinks in the OP. Those G+Ts in cans never have enough gin anyway!

does the OP have a letterbox

Yes.

 

[Lysander]

In the olden days, before the typical 500ml plastic bottle was around, you could buy soft drinks in bigger cans. Then occasionally you'd get 33% extra free or something, and theyd be even taller. no idea what volume they were though, 440ml would be my guess... i cant find any evidence of this, other than other people remembering them too, so i'm quite sure i didnt imagine it.

Guiness Original did this for absolutely years. I think it was 13.5% extra for free

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