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red can


a can of Melbourne Bitter beer. Compare blue can, green can, white can, yellow can. Also, can of red.
Contributor's comments: You occasionally hear this in Melbourne too. The CUB beer cans are colour coded. At our Department's happy hour in the 70s, you'd ask for a can of green (Victoria Bitter), white (Carlton Draught), blue (Fosters) or red (Melbourne Bitter).

Contributor's comments: When Territorians ask for a beer, they do so by the colour of the can and not the brand name e.g. green can is Vicoria Bitter, red can is Melbourne Bitter, yellow can is XXXX: "Green can thanks mate!"