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Called a "Commercial Quart" because it was equivalent to 0.8 US fluid quarts. Replaced by the 750 mL "metric quart". Reputed Quart (UK) 25.6 US fl oz: 26.66 imp oz. 757 mL: The "Reputed Quart" (2 ⁄ 3 Imperial quart or 1 ⁄ 6 Imperial gallon) was devised to split a standard gallon into six large bottles and was usually used for wine and ...
The reputed quart was a measure equal to two-thirds of an imperial quart (or one-sixth of an imperial gallon), at about 0.7577 liters, which is very close to one US fifth (0.757 liters). The reputed quart was previously recognized as a standard size of wine bottle in the United Kingdom, and is only about 1% larger than the current standard wine ...
A 375 mL bottle of liquor in the US and the Canadian maritime provinces is sometimes referred to as a "pint" and a 200 mL bottle is called a "half-pint", harking back to the days when liquor came in US pints, fifths, quarts, and half-gallons. [30]
≡ 550.610 471 3575 mL ≡ 0.550 610 471 3575 L. quarts Imperial quart (qt) ≡ 40 imp fl oz ≡ 1 imp qt ≡ 2 imp pt ≡ 0.25 imp gal. ≈ 38.430 397 6162 US fl oz ≈ 37.884 083 3333 US fl oz (food) ≈ 1.200 949 925 50 US qt ≈ 0.300 237 481 38 US gal. ≈ 1.032 056 743 49 US dry qt ≈ 0.258 014 185 87 US dry gal
A metric fifth of Dewar's Scotch whisky. A fifth is a unit of volume formerly used for wine and distilled beverages in the United States, equal to one fifth of a US liquid gallon, or 25 + 3 ⁄ 5 U.S. fluid ounces (757 milliliters); it has been superseded by the metric bottle size of 750 mL, [1] sometimes called a metric fifth, which is the standard capacity of wine bottles worldwide and is ...
Quart qt 1 ⁄ 4 gal 946.4 mL 0.8327 imp qt Pint pt 1 ⁄ 2 qt 473.2 mL 0.8327 imp pt Fluid ounce fl oz 1 ⁄ 16 pt 29.57 mL 1.041 imp fl oz Fluid dram fl dr 1 ⁄ 8 fl oz 3.6967 mL 1.041 imp fl dr Minim 1 ⁄ 60 fl dr 61.61 μL 1.041 imp fl minim
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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 ...