Beer: How much is that in cans? - Democratic Underground

trof

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Sun Aug-27-06 05:28 PM
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Beer: How much is that in cans?

Edited on Sun Aug-27-06 05:29 PM by trof

Beer
4.5 gallons = 1 pin
2 pins = 1 firkin
2 firkins = 1 kilderkin
2 kilderkins = 1 barrel
2 barrels = 1 puncheon
3 puncheons = 1 tun
6 firkins = 1 hogshead
2 hogsheads = 1 butt
2 butts = 1 ton

The gill is sometimes spelled jill. It appears in the nursery rhyme:
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
When Charles I scaled down the "jack" (a two-ounce measure) so as to collect higher sales taxes, the jill, by definition twice the size of the jack, was automatically reduced also and "came tumbling after."
http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/volume.htm

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue Aug-29-06 02:38 PM
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1. Isn't that interesting!

We need some clever nursery rhymes about Dumbyass and company.

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seemunkee

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Tue Aug-29-06 02:43 PM
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2. Thats a bit off

a barrel is only 31 gallons.
I've been fantazing over a 3 barrel brewhouse

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