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A 64 U.S. fl oz (1,892.7 ml; 66.6 imp fl oz) growler Plastic growlers at a beer shop in Biržai, Lithuania. A growler (US) (/ ˈ ɡ r aʊ l ər /) is a glass, ceramic, or stainless steel bottle (or jug) used to transport draft beer. [1] They are commonly sold at breweries and brewpubs as a means to sell take-out craft beer. Rarely, beers are ...
1 ⁄ 6 US gallon, rounded up from 21.3 US fl oz Also called a "bomber" or a "double deuce" (from the two #2s, or "deuces", in its volume). Mostly replaced by the 40 US fl oz bottle by the late 1980s, but still used by some breweries for beer and malt liquor. Metric measure containers are rounded down to 650 mL.
An open bottle of Carlo Rossi jug wine with a drinking straw. " Jug wine " is a term in the United States for inexpensive table wine typically bottled in a glass bottle or jug . Historically, jug wines were labeled semi-generically , often sold to third parties to be relabeled, or sold directly from the winery 's tasting room to customers who ...
The term carboy itself usually refers to a 5 US gal (19 L) carboy, unless otherwise noted. A 1 imp gal (4.5 L) carboy is sometimes called a jug. A 15 US gal (57 L) carboy is usually called a demijohn (in the Philippines, dama juana [10]). In Britain, "demijohn" refers to a 1-imperial-gallon (4.5 L) glass brewing vessel.
London 'Guildhall' gallon (before 1688) was 129.19 imp fl oz (3,671 mL) then; Old English (Queen Anne) wine gallon was standardized as 231 in 3 (133 imp fl oz; 3,790 mL) in the 1706 act 6 Ann. c. 27: Jersey gallon (from 1562 onwards) was 139.20 imp fl oz (3,955 mL) Guernsey gallon (17th century origins until 1917) was 150.14 imp fl oz (4,266 mL)
Many folks opt to aim for the nice, square number of 1 gallon of water a day (for reference, 2.7 liters equal about 0.7 gallons), so we looked into the health benefits of drinking that much H20 ...
The US fluid ounce is based on the US gallon, which in turn is based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches that was used in the United Kingdom prior to 1824. With the adoption of the international inch , the US fluid ounce became 1 ⁄ 128 gal × 231 in 3 /gal × (2.54 cm/in) 3 = 29.5735295625 mL exactly, or about 4% larger than the imperial unit.
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