<P> In the United States, small bottles are most popular for the on - premises market, where they are sold by the bucketful . The motivation in the 1970s was to target lighter drinkers, and to ensure that the lager beer stayed cold until finished . The market for beer in small bottles is smaller than that in regular size bottles, which cause added difficulties and expense: the bottles themselves are harder to source, and require either a separate bottling line or retooling the bottling line between runs . As a result, US craft breweries only rarely bottle in small bottles; temporary examples include Flying Dog Brewery (2007--2009) and Rogue Ales (2009--2011, using extra bottles from Flying Dog). </P> <P> A Darwin Stubby refers to several large beer bottle sizes in Australia . It was first introduced in April 1958 with an 80 - imperial - fluid - ounce (2,270 ml; 76.9 U.S. fl oz) capacity . The 2 - liter (70.4 imp fl oz; 67.6 U.S. fl oz) Darwin Stubby is available by NT Draught in the Northern Territory . The 2.25 - liter (76.1 U.S. fl oz; 79.2 imp fl oz) Darwin Stubby has an iconic, if kitsch status in Australian folklore . </P> <P> In Mexico, caguama and ballena are popular names for a 940 ml (33.1 imp fl oz; 31.8 U.S. fl oz) beer bottle . The Mexican beer brands which are sold in these bottles include Tecate, Carta Blanca, Sol, Indio, Victoria, Corona Familiar and Pacífico . The name "caguama" refers to the Loggerhead sea turtle, which is called "caguama" in Spanish . There are larger sizes of beer bottle called a super caguama or a caguamon . The ballena is Spanish for whale . </P> <Ul> <Li> <P> Cone - shaped bottle of an Estonian beer </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Two pijpjes </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Darwin Stubbies in several variations </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Half gallon growler </P> </Li> </Ul>

When did they stop making stubby beer bottles