Lesson 269--Drinking Vocabulary

Since I know some of my students like to drink, I decided to teach them some key alcohol vocabulary

 

mixed drinks = cocktails

 

These words are used interchangeably.

 

 

 

 

a twenty-sixer and a Texas Mickey

twenty-sixer (26 ounces, or 750 mL of alcohol)

 

mickey (13 ounces or 375 mL of alcohol)

Texas mickey (3 Litres of some kind of alcohol--These bottles are huge, and they look pretty impressive in your liquor cabinet--only sold in Canada)

 

 

 

shot--2 ounces of one kind of alcohol

shooter--one ounce of one or more alcohols or liqueurs.

 

In Canada, beer is sold in many different package sizes.  The following are the most popular.

six-pack (six bottles or cans)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

twelver (12 bottles or cans)

two-four (24 bottles or cans)

 

 

 

 

 

 

a couple of kegs

tall boy (a 500mL can)

                              

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                        Keg (a lot of beer....look it up)