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Beer sales in Britain and the Commonwealth are based on multiples of 1 ⁄ 3, 1 ⁄ 2, and full imperial pints. [note 2] Imperial-measure glasses were 568 mL, and metric-measure glasses round up to 570 mL. Beer bottles in the UK were rounded down to 550 mL after standard metrication was introduced in 1995, later changed to 500 mL by January 1 ...
The Standard Reference Method or SRM [2] is a system modern brewers use to measure colour intensity, roughly darkness, of a beer or wort. The method involves the use of a spectrophotometer or photometer to measure the attenuation of light of a particular wavelength, 430 nanometres (blue), as it passes through a sample contained in a cuvette of ...
Because the standard size of Canadian beer bottles predates the adoption of the metric system in Canada, the bottles are still sold and labelled in Canada as 341 mL. Canned beer in Canada is sold and labelled in 355 mL cans, and when exported to the US, they are labelled as 12 fl oz.
The label gives both the metric and the imperial volume. In the British and Irish metrication processes, the pint was replaced by metric units as the legally defined primary unit of measure for trading by volume or capacity, except for the sale of draught beer and cider, and milk in returnable containers.
The metrication logo used in Canada during the 1970s and 1980s. Metrication in Canada began in 1970 and ceased in 1985. While Canada has converted to the metric system for many purposes, there is still significant use of non-metric units and standards in many sectors of the Canadian economy and everyday life.
4.5 gallons or 1 ⁄ 8 beer barrel Firkin 2 pins, 9 gallons (ale, beer or goods) or 1 ⁄ 4 beer barrel Kilderkin 2 firkins, 18 gallons or 1 ⁄ 2 beer barrel Beer barrel 2 kilderkins, 36 gallons or 2 ⁄ 3 beer hogshead Beer hogshead 3 kilderkins, 54 gallons or 1.5 beer barrels Beer pipe or butt 2 beer hogsheads, 3 beer barrels or 108 gallons ...
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]
US dry barrel: 7,056 cubic inches (115.6 litres; 3.3 US bushels) . Defined as length of stave 28 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (72 cm), diameter of head 17 + 1 ⁄ 8 in (43 cm), distance between heads 26 in (66 cm), circumference of bulge 64 in (160 cm) outside measurement; representing as nearly as possible 7,056 cubic inches; and the thickness of staves not greater than 4 ⁄ 10 in (10 mm) [2] (diameter ≈ ...