throwdown n.2
1. (Aus.) a 250ml bottle of beer.
 | Google Groups:alt.native 28 June 🌐 Ahh I remember when I used to drink beer, those cute little VB throwdown’s on a hot summers day. | |
| Whirlpool Forums 7 May 🌐 Reminds me of when, many years ago, I used to drink Fosters ‘throw downs’. Not sure how big they were, probably 250ml or so. | |
| Wikipedia 20 Jan. 🌐 Currently one third of the packaged beer sales in Australia are of VB. It is available in cans (‘tinnies’), bottles (‘stubbies’), short necked 375ml bottles, [...] and ‘Twisties’ or ‘Throwies’ (250mls in the State of NSW). | |
| in Open Writing: Pure Poetry 22 May 🌐 Each state has its own peculiar terminology for beer measurements and this can be very confusing. A 250ml bottle is referred to as either a ‘grenade’ or a ‘throwdown’, both of which helpfully suggest alternative uses for the glassware once the contents has been guzzled. | |
| Aussie Home Brewer 17 Aug. 🌐 They used to have 250ml ‘throwdowns’. ... Do they still make throwies? |
2. (Aus.) in NSW, a 7oz beer glass as used in Victoria.
| Google Groups:alt.homebrewing 9 Apr. 🌐 ‘throwdown’ is also NSW derogatory term for Victorian 7oz beer glasses which they call donkeys or ponies or something. |