When punters perch themselves on bar stools in various bars, they're often served small bottles of beer sitting in a circular polystyrene container. Could anyone tell me what these are called in advance?

Cheers.

A condom

Stubbie cooler.

Or that genuine Thai word: คอนดอม Condom

They are hardly

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Potential Source of numerous contagious diseases, particularly conjunctivitis!

Drunks.....

Drunks.....

I do believe I just split my sides laughing.

Bugger. And thank you.

called in advance?

i think they are named the same as they are called in the present as suggested by other posters

Drunks.....

People who like to socialise, and whose wives let them go out.

The scientific term seems to be:

bottle cooler sleeve

BUT: whom do want to use the term with?

At a bar?

Indeed "condom" and pointing to bottle will be understood

Drunks.....

People who like to socialise, and whose wives let them go out.

The scientific term seems to be:

bottle cooler sleeve

BUT: whom do want to use the term with?

At a bar?

Indeed "condom" and pointing to bottle will be understood

Thanks for that KB and indeed to giddyup- yes, I forgot to add 'thanking anyone' before I wrote 'in advance'- anyway, I'm writing an article about Khaosan road in the late 1980s,There was a small street bar at the time opposite the police station, I've no idea if it still exists.

Stubbie holder,invented in AUstralia.

Cold sleeve....

Drinking out of the bottle in public?

How uncouth.

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Drink from a glass - only peasants drink beer from the bottle.

I'm sure you believe it looks "macho" drinking directly from the bottle, but that bottle has almost certainly been stored in the Bar back-room and crawled / peed over

by rats and cockroaches etc..

Leptospirosis- and other diseases - look it up.

I don't think any long-term Expatriate would ever drink from from a bottle ..... and I certainly cringe when I see newbies trying to demonstrate what "Old Hands" they are in this way,.

Patrick

Leptosporoisis would be transmittal through rats urine but you would need to give the bottle a good deep throat bj while the rats piss is still wet for a successful infection as it is killed by heat or sunlight like most infectious diseases

You could safely drink from a bottle easily and 99.9999 % of everyone does

Besides, I personally would not do any more than touch the part of the bottle the lid was covering while pouring it down My neck... Ymmv..though

How do you get the ice in the bottle?

Drink from a glass - only peasants drink beer from the bottle.

I'm sure you believe it looks "macho" drinking directly from the bottle, but that bottle has almost certainly been stored in the Bar back-room and crawled / peed over

by rats and cockroaches etc..

Leptospirosis- and other diseases - look it up.

I don't think any long-term Expatriate would ever drink from from a bottle ..... and I certainly cringe when I see newbies trying to demonstrate what "Old Hands" they are in this way,.

Patrick

I suppose the glass has been sterilised prior to your beer being poured in it, also devoid of any soap residue to kill the head, and that still doesn't overcome how quickly the beer will get warm in a glass. Most likely the glass has been rinsed either under a tap or in a sink of less than clean water, but hey, enjoy!

Drink from a glass - only peasants drink beer from the bottle.

I'm sure you believe it looks "macho" drinking directly from the bottle, but that bottle has almost certainly been stored in the Bar back-room and crawled / peed over

by rats and cockroaches etc..

Leptospirosis- and other diseases - look it up.

I don't think any long-term Expatriate would ever drink from from a bottle ..... and I certainly cringe when I see newbies trying to demonstrate what "Old Hands" they are in this way,.

Patrick

Well you called all that right i see

The term you are looking for is, mee chai, named after the Condom King from Suk soi 12

Thanks for that rgs but as the market I'm writing this article for is not based exclusively in Thailand it might be better to go for a term more widely known- looks like cold sleeve or stubbie cooler. I must say I do like the term cold sleeve, it sounds kind of menacing.

Australia's contribution to the art of the cold libation !

Australia's contribution to the art of the cold libation !

Don't forget wine in boxes.

They are called stubbie holders / stubbie coolers

They are called stubbie holders / stubbie coolers

See post #5 and #12.

See post #5 and #12.

Yeah i know, I was posting a clear concise answer

Drink from a glass - only peasants drink beer from the bottle.

I'm sure you believe it looks "macho" drinking directly from the bottle, but that bottle has almost certainly been stored in the Bar back-room and crawled / peed over

by rats and cockroaches etc..

Leptospirosis- and other diseases - look it up.

I don't think any long-term Expatriate would ever drink from from a bottle ..... and I certainly cringe when I see newbies trying to demonstrate what "Old Hands" they are in this way,.

Patrick

I drink from a glass and have a stubby cooler for my glass to fit into.

See post #5 and #12.

Yeah i know, I was posting a clear concise answer

I already said stubbie cooler, that wasn't clear and concise enough so you had to repeat it?

Australia's contribution to the art of the cold libation !

In the cold winters of Australia aren't they also used to warm the hands.

I mean Tasmania an Melbourne some days.