That's what you say when you find out your whole keg of Heiney is totally skunked but it doesn't matter because you'll totally still drink it after you finish the pony keg of Sammo's Irish Red.
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As it happens, I found myself discussing all this with my wife over, no joke, a pony-keg sized bowl of pudding that had come into our possession; it was decorated with many pounds of whipped cream, partly due to circumstance, and partly due to my newfound love of dessert-based visual irony.
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The shape of a pony keg resembles that of a full-sized keg while being much easier to move manually. However, it shares many inconveniences with the bigger kegs, such as: often requiring a deposit when purchased, needing a tap to serve the contents, and posing difficulties in determining the amount of beer remaining (weighing the keg or observing its buoyancy are common techniques). Despite this, a pony keg can be a cheap way to provide beer for a medium-sized party. In some places, such as Cincinnati, the term pony keg can mean a convenience store that sells beer.
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126: "It seems probable the origin is due to the diminutiveness of the glass;" similar words include pony glass and pony keg. Indeed, advertising for Rolling Rock since the 1950s uses the term "pony bottle" generically, stating "... Rolling Rock is the Largest Selling 7 oz. Pony Bottle of Premium Beer in Pennsylvania".The Pittsburgh Press, Oct 21, 1952, p.
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A quarter barrel, more commonly known as pony keg, is a beer vessel containing approximately 7.75 U.S. gallons (29.33 liters) of fluid. It is half the size of the standard beer keg and equivalent to a quarter of a barrel. The term pony refers to its smaller size – compare pony glass (quarter-pint) and pony bottle. It will serve roughly 82 twelve-ounce cups.
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The name "pony" is due to the small size, and dates to the 19th century.Notes and Queries, August 8th, 1896, p. 126: “It seems probable the origin is due to the diminutiveness of the glass;” “The expression ‘a pony of beer’ is often used in South Wales for a small glass containing about the fourth of a pint.” Similar terms include pony bottle and pony keg.
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Glen Este High School and Amelia High School, has become West Clermont High School for the beginning of the 2017 school Year. It's located at the corner of Clough Pike and Bach Buxton Rd in the small community of Braziers. Some of the businesses that were popular from the 1940s through the 1970s were, Micky McGuire's General Store, Charlie McGuire's gas station and garage,Maurice's Grocery Store,Flick's Pony Keg, Pearl's Beauty Shop, which was owned by Willard and Pearl Pitman, and Tom Clepper Construction, who built most of the ranch-style slab homes in the area. This small community actually had four barber shops at one time.
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