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  2. Alcohol measurements - Wikipedia

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    This made a Wine Gallon "Reputed Pint" equivalent to 2 ⁄ 3 US liquid pint (10.66 US fluid oz.), 11.09 imp. oz, or 315 mL. Although the Imperial system was introduced in 1824, bottles of ale or beer were still sold in Reputed Pints (13.3 imperial oz) but were now based on the Imperial gallon (based on the British Ale Gallon).

  3. Fifth (unit) - Wikipedia

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    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United States, equal to one fifth of a US liquid gallon, or 25 + 3 ⁄ 5 U.S. fluid ounces (757 milliliters); it has been superseded by the metric bottle size of 750 mL, [1] sometimes called a metric fifth, which is the standard capacity of wine bottles worldwide and is ...

  4. Gill (unit) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Template:Convert/list of units - Wikipedia

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    1.0 imp bsh (36 L; 8.0 imp gal; 8.3 US dry gal) impbu imp bu imperial gallon: impgal imp gal 4.54609 litres by definition, also 4 imp qt or 8 imp pt or 160 imp fl oz Allows triple output units. See: full list. 1.0 imp gal (4.5 L; 1.2 US gal) impgal l; impgal L; impgal USgal; impgal U.S.gal; impgal USdrygal; impgal U.S.drygal; imperial quart: impqt

  6. English units - Wikipedia

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    1 ⁄ 4 pint, or 1 ⁄ 32 gallon, in some dialects 1 ⁄ 2 pint. Pronounced as "Jill" Pint: 568 mL: 1 ⁄ 8 gallon Quart: 1.136 litre: 2 pints or 1 ⁄ 4 gallon Pottle: 2.272 L: 2 quarts or 1 ⁄ 2 gallon Gallon: 4.544 L: 8 pints

  7. Scottish units - Wikipedia

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    gallon of ale or beer: 8 pints: 3.584 gal: 2.98 (≈3) gallons: 13.638 L: gallon of wine or spirits: 8 pints: 35 gills in a gallon of spirits barrel of ale or beer: 12 Scots gallons: 35.76 (≈36) beer gallons: A standard English ale or beer barrel was 34 gallons. barrel of wine or spirits: 12 Scots gallons: ≈36 gallons: hogshead of ale or ...

  8. Orders of magnitude (volume) - Wikipedia

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    One US liquid pint: 5.46 × 10 −4: One sextarius: 5.51 × 10 −4: One US dry pint: 5.68 × 10 −4: One imperial pint 7.5 × 10 −4: The most common volume for wine and liquor bottles, also the size of an Australian long neck of beer; sometimes called a 'fifth' in the United States for its approximation to the once-common one-fifth-gallon ...

  9. Alcohol by volume - Wikipedia

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    Quickly drinking 1.5 L of 0.4% alc/vol beer in an hour resulted in a maximum of 0.0056% BAC in a study of German volunteers. [8] Healthy human kidneys can only excrete 0.8–1.0 L of water per hour, making water intoxication likely to set in before any alcoholic intoxication. [9]