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Originally Posted by Brian Allgar
Janice, I'd be wiling to bet a pony that a country that has a gun called a Colt and a car called a Mustang won't be thrown by a few horse-jokes.
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Brian,
We also have Colt 45 Malt Liquor, best quaffed from a 40 ounce bottle. Allegedly, it has no relationship to the Samuel Colt's revolver. It was first brewed in Baltimore, and named for the Baltimore Colts football team. Originally, it came in a 45 ounce bottle, as a marketing edge over competing brands in 40 ounce bottles.
I doubt that you will find Colt 45 served along the boulevards of Paris, and I commend the French for this.
Oddly enough, the American practice of beers packaged in 40 ounce bottles is a relic of WWII, when they replaced 12 ounce cans to save on rationed steel. Even motor oil and pipe tobacco came in glass for a few years, for the same reason.
A few old timers still a call a 40 ounce a "GI 40". But, not many Colt 45 drinkers join the ranks of old timers.