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  2. English brewery cask units - Wikipedia

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    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 9,987.09958 cubic inches or approximately 163.659 litres. [nb 2]

  3. Barrel (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Ale casks at a brewery in the UK. These are firkins, each holding 9 imperial gallons (41 L) or a quarter of a UK beer barrel.. A barrel is one of several units of volume applied in various contexts; there are dry barrels, fluid barrels (such as the U.K. beer barrel and U.S. beer barrel), oil barrels, and so forth.

  4. Hogshead - Wikipedia

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    A hogshead in relation to other barrels. A hogshead (abbreviated "hhd", plural "hhds") is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). It refers to a specified volume, measured in either imperial or US customary measures, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages, such as wine, ale, or cider.

  5. English units - Wikipedia

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    c. 24 — Barrel of beer to be 36 gallons, taken by the gauge of the Exchequer standard of the ale quart; barrel of ale to be 32 gallons; all other liquors retailed to be sold by the wine gallon; 1689 1 Will. & Mar. c. 24 — Barrels of beer and ale outside London to contain 34 gallons; 1695 7 Will. 3.

  6. Alcohol measurements - Wikipedia

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    It is a holdover from when spirits, wines and brandies, ale, and beer all had different standard measures of capacity. An Ale Gill (based on the Ale gallon) and a Beer Gill (based on the Beer gallon) were different sizes until standardized as Ale / Beer gallons in 1688, Beer gallons in 1803, and Imperial gallons in 1824. Half (imp.) 284 mL: 9.6 ...

  7. Barrel - Wikipedia

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    A barrel is one of several units of volume, with dry barrels, fluid barrels (UK beer barrel, US beer barrel), oil barrel, etc. The volume of some barrel units is double others, with various volumes in the range of about 100–200 litres (22–44 imp gal; 26–53 US gal).

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  9. English wine cask units - Wikipedia

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    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.