# smaller beer bottles in Puerto Rico

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**Created:** [August 6, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaller-beer-bottles-in-puerto-rico/459080 "2008-08-06T20:53:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaller-beer-bottles-in-puerto-rico/459080/1 "2008-08-06T20:53:53Z")

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I just got back from vacation in Puerto Rico and all the beers were 8 to 10 ounces. Why in Puerto Rico are the beers smaller then they are on the main land?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaller-beer-bottles-in-puerto-rico/459080/2 "2008-08-06T23:53:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Aceospades]  
I just got back from vacation in Puerto Rico and all the beers were 8 to 10 ounces. Why in Puerto Rico are the beers smaller then they are on the main land?  
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Were they metric? I recall being in Europe and having a choice of beer in 250 ml (about 8-10 oz) or 500 ml bottles. Europe is not Puerto Rico, of course, but maybe PR also uses 250 ml bottles.

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**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaller-beer-bottles-in-puerto-rico/459080/3 "2008-08-07T00:05:33Z")

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[QUOTE=Aceospades]  
I just got back from vacation in Puerto Rico and all the beers were 8 to 10 ounces. Why in Puerto Rico are the beers smaller then they are on the main land?  
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Do they use refillable bottles (like many countries do, Belize at least among them and I think Mexico)? It might be a “legacy” issue.

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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaller-beer-bottles-in-puerto-rico/459080/4 "2008-08-07T00:10:47Z")

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I bought a six pack of 7.0 ounce Bud Light bottles in a Publix store two days ago. So they are used here, as in Seminole, FL, as well as in PR.

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaller-beer-bottles-in-puerto-rico/459080/5 "2008-08-07T01:06:21Z")

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[QUOTE=LouisB]  
I bought a six pack of 7.0 ounce Bud Light bottles in a Publix store two days ago. So they are used here, as in Seminole, FL, as well as in PR.  
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The OP says ALL the bottles in PR are smaller, though; not just a few.

I’d be curious about it. In Mexico, all the bottled beer I encountered was in 355 ml bottles; that’s basically 12 ounces.

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**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaller-beer-bottles-in-puerto-rico/459080/6 "2008-08-07T06:15:14Z")

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i didn’t encounter one 12 oz beer there and i looked. i was all over the island too. it was kind of weird.