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One should bear in mind that a pint in the UK is 20 imperial fluid ounces, whereas a pint in the US is 16 US fluid ounces. However, as 1 imperial fl. oz. ≈ 0.961 US fl. oz., this means 1 imperial pint ≈ 1.201 US pints (i.e. 0.961 × 20/16) instead of 1.25 US pints.
The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Middle Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, oil or honey.It is typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used.
2 ⁄ 3 of an imperial pint. Metric measurement glasses usually round up to 380 mL (13.37 imp oz). Schooner (AUS) 425 mL: 14.37 US fl oz: 14.95 imp oz: 3 ⁄ 4 of an Imperial pint; a schooner is an imperial half pint [285 mL] in South Australia. pint (US) / large glass (US) 473.18 mL: 1 US pt = 16 US fl oz: 16.65 imp oz: 1 US pint. pint (imp ...
Such milk bottles are no longer officially referred to as pints. However, the "pint glass" in pubs in Australia remains closer to the standard imperial pint, at 570 mL. It holds about 500 mL of beer and about 70 mL of froth, except in South Australia, where a pint is served in a 425 mL glass and a 570 mL glass is called an "imperial pint".
Prior to metrication, in the United Kingdom, the standard single measure of spirits in a pub was 1 ⁄ 6 gill (23.7 mL) in England and Northern Ireland, and either 1 ⁄ 5 gill (28.4 mL) or 1 ⁄ 4 gill (35.5 mL) in Scotland. After metrication, this was replaced by measures of either 25 or 35 millilitres (0.176 or 0.246 gi), at the discretion ...
The beer barrel was defined as 36 ale or beer gallons until the adoption of the imperial system. barrel (Ale) (Imperial), barrel (Beer) (Imperial) The adoption of the imperial system saw the beer or ale barrel redefined to be 36 imperial gallons, which is exactly 163.65924 litres or approximately 5.780 cubic feet. [nb 2]
Many traditional wine bottle sizes are named for Biblical kings and historical figures. [5] The chart below [6] lists the sizes of various wine bottles in multiples relating to a standard bottle of wine, which is 0.75 litres (0.20 US gal; 0.16 imp gal) (six 125 mL servings).
A mnemonic for its volume relative to an imperial pint is "a litre of water's a pint and three-quarters"; this is very close, as a litre is exactly 1 345391 ⁄ 454609 imperial pints. A cubic foot has an exact volume of 28.316846592 litres.