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A yard of beer (or Yard Glass or Yard o' Ale) is a term used to describe a very tall glass used for drinking beer. The glass itself is appoximatly 3 Foot (1 Yard) tall, and can hold approximatly 3 Pints (1.41 Liters) of liquid. The glass is shaped with a bulb at the bottom for balance, and a widening shaft which comprises most of the height.

Common practice is not to casually drink from the glass as if it were a normal beer, but to drink the beer as rapidly as possible, whilst being cheered on by the already drunken ensemble of a gathering. Indeed, the tradition is most often associated with drunken and disorderly tomfoolery in party-like environments.

The ritual of the yard-glass sculling competition (who can empty the contents of the glass the fastest) is predominant in, but not restricted to, Australian " bogan" culture. However the glass itself most probably originated from the United States.

The yard glass has had a significant affect on Australian drinking and popular culture. For example, urban legend claims that ex- prime minister, Bob HawkeRobert James Lee Hawke (born December 9 1929), Australian trade union leader and politician, was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia. After a decade as leader of the Australian union movement, he entered politics and was Prime Minister within three years holds the world record for sculling a yard in just 2.5 secondThis article is about the unit of time. See second (disambiguation) for other uses The second (symbol s is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. It is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transis!