Ordering beer in Spain

[CaminoPhotos]

Thanks, that's an important distinction. I don't want a tiny beer...

So the standard glass of beer you get at most bars - is that a copa or a caña? And what about the big glass mugs? What are they called?

No, no one wants a small beer... except in Leon. You get free tapas with each drink ordered, so if you're hungry, keep ordering the small beers!

 

[Mendizale]

This thread is funny... I am from the basque area. When I travel to another region on holidays I am as lost as you . In my area caña is 33 cl, zurito 20cl. Nobody asks jarra or pint, that's only foreigners thing. So when I am in Madrid after my first local caña I have to learn from the waiter how to order what I want.

 

[Steve Sharpe]

On last year's CF I enjoyed many cold beers. It was the thing I most anticipated at the end of a long hot day. And I thought I was ordering correctly, requesting "una cerveza". Sometimes I'd request "grande". I always got what I ordered, and the bartender seemed to understand just fine.

I was watching a YouTube video on the spanish language the other day, and learned that I have been ordering all wrong. According to what this person was saying, in Spain they order beer by requesting the glass size. A regular glass of beer is a "caña". And I should have been requesting una caña.
The person didn't mention what the larger size glass/mug is called unfortunately.

Can a Spanish speaker confirm this is correct? I should be requesting una caña, not una cerveza? I'll be heading back in two weeks and want to make sure I've got it right this time!

A larger beer is a doble (dobe-lay).