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10th February 2008, 11:43 PM #1
Interesting question
Had a discussion many years ago with a group of people while we were on a bus trip to a sporting event.
How many firkin's to a hogshead ? I still do not now the answer, can somebody help?.
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11th February 2008, 12:02 AM #2
Just to confuse the issue,
"the number of gallons of wine in a hogshead varying by
type of wine: claret 46 gallons, port 57, sherry 54;
and Madeira 46. The American Heritage
Dictionary claims that a hogshead can consist of anything
from 62.5 to 140 (presumably U.S.) gallons.
Eventually, a hogshead of wine came to be
63 gallons, while a hogshead of beer or ale is 54 gallons"
AND
"For beer and ale a
firkin is equal to 9 Imperial gallons
(about 40.915 L) or a quarter of a barrel. Casks in this size (themselves
called firkins) are the most common container for cask ale.
For wine the firkin had a larger size,
namely a third of a tun. A tun
being 210 gallons in the UK and 252 fluid gallons in the US, thus a
wine firkin is about 318 L (318.226 or 317.975).
Denn
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