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  2. 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.

  3. Glossary of winemaking terms - Wikipedia

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    The charring of the wine staves during cask manufacture or rejuvenation. Tonneau French cask capable of holding 900 litres (240 US gal) or the equivalent of 100 cases of twelve standard 750 mL (75 cL) bottles of wine. Topping The process of filling the headspace that is created inside a barrel through wine evaporation into the barrel wood.

  4. Tun (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Medieval Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, [1] oil or honey. 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] The modern tun is about 954 litres.

  5. Glossary of wine terms - Wikipedia

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    A cask of wine used to store Sherry with a capacity between 159 and 172 gallons (600-650 liters) Botte The Italian term for a wooden barrel, plural: botti. Usually refers to a botte grande, a large floor-standing wooden vat with a capacity of 1,000–3,000 litres (220–660 imp gal; 260–790 US gal). Bottle

  6. Hogshead - Wikipedia

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    United States revenue stamp (proof) for the $2 tax on one hogshead of beer in 1867.. English philologist Walter William Skeat (1835–1912) noted the origin is to be found in the name for a cask or liquid measure appearing in various forms in Germanic languages, in Dutch oxhooft (modern okshoofd), Danish oxehoved, Old Swedish oxhuvud, etc.

  7. Tierce (unit) - Wikipedia

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    His wish was granted, and in addition he and his successors received a tierce of wine from the Canary Islands, a tradition that continued until Henry James Pye became Laureate in 1790. [3] As opposed to several other units of measure such as the pipe, cark and frail, the definition of the tierce remained stable with similar entries found in ...

  8. Barrel - Wikipedia

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    Traditional oak barrels made by Chilean cooperage Tonelería Nacional Mackmyra barrels at Hackeberga Castle Modern stainless steel casks and kegs outside the Castle Rock microbrewery in Nottingham, England Wooden wine barrel at an exhibition in Croatia. A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is ...

  9. Wine cask - Wikipedia

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    Wine cask may refer to: a wine barrel; a Bag-In-Box storage for wine, used for box wine (especially in Australian English). This page was last edited on 16 ...