The pony bottle appreciation thread

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Message drowland P beers 11069 º places 430 º 22:10 Thu 7/31/2014 As far back as I can remember, which is at least when I started working in liquor/beer stores at 21, all the macros do sell 8oz bottles of their beers. They are all screw top, though.
Message OldGrowth beers 3472 º places 204 º 02:52 Fri 8/1/2014 well, with the various energy drinks that are canned, brewers could certainly can a high abc brew in a small can. Rogue did that for a while with thier barelywine,
Message boto beers 2444 º places 104 º 04:21 Fri 8/1/2014 I drank a lot of Rolling Rock in 7oz. bottles when I was younger. Referred to them as "Green Grenades".

Message beerbill beers 3673 º places 118 º 04:36 Fri 8/1/2014 Schoenling’s Little Kings come in 7 oz. 8 packs. I can’t remember though whether they are screw top or not.
Message ContemplateBeer beers 2092 º places 154 º 06:11 Fri 8/1/2014 Originally posted by beerbill Schoenling’s Little Kings come in 7 oz. 8 packs. I can’t remember though whether they are screw top or not. I was thinking Little Kings as well, though I can’t remember screw top or not, either. I think they’d be cool for test batches or mixed "samplers" from a brewery.
Message Frank beers 4561 º places 92 º 07:00 Fri 8/1/2014 Originally posted by ContemplateBeer I think they’d be cool for test batches or mixed "samplers" from a brewery. Flying Dog actually did this at some point. The bottles they have left over, they are selling to Rogue and that is what they package their ponies in. I’d be equally for big beers in small cans. I think those would really stand out on the shelves too.
Message keanex beers 1802 º places 65 º 07:12 Fri 8/1/2014 Originally posted by OldGrowth well, with the various energy drinks that are canned, brewers could certainly can a high abc brew in a small can. Rogue did that for a while with thier barelywine, 21st Amendment was, I believe, the first brewery to put a craft beer in an 8 ounce can with their barley wine. As far as I know Rogue only did it with bottles. Full Sail’s Session line are kind of ponies.

Message CanIHave4Beers P beers 4373 º places 76 º 09:19 Fri 8/1/2014 I love pony bottles, I always have.
Message fly P beers 1490 º places 271 º 09:23 Fri 8/1/2014 There was a point A(admittedly years ago) that I drank to a degree that I thought such bottles were "stupid". I now agree that it would be awesome to use "nip" bottles for big beers, especially the ones that exceed 12%. I am even leery of taking stuff that is 18% to shares/tastings because it all adds up.
Message Leighton P beers 33700 º places 1204 º 09:33 Fri 8/1/2014 If you like small bottles, you would love this: BrewDog Ghost Deer in 60ml bottle. http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/brewdog-ghost-deer/153504/ There aren’t many bottles around Europe smaller than 330ml. Some 250/275s show up here and there. Back in the day a lot of UK breweries put strong beers in nip bottles (180ml), which is a good size. Thomas Hardy’s is probably the most well known example. De Molen used to use nips for their big stouts and barley wines as well, which was cool. They seem to have phased out this format size, though.