Abstract: A portable liquid container comprising a non-rigid pouch of textile material, having thermally insulated flexible walls, which can receive and hold a compressible liquid therein; a compressible liquid containment portion having a pair of opposing rigid walls connected to each other by a second pair of resilient, collapsible bellows-type side walls, and a rigid mouth-bearing neck element secured to one of the pair of side walls, the neck element provided with a threaded portion; and sealed lobes filled with air, the liquid containment portion being adapted to be placed in a freezer compartment for freezing the liquid contents of the liquid containment portion, the sealed lobes being adapted to compress and take up the pressure of expansion of the frozen contents of the liquid containment portion; a two piece stopper having a main body which can be screwed on to the threaded portion of the neck element, the main body bearing an apertured threaded nozzle formation, through which liquid can be ejected in the form