[Sca-cooks] Volume of a hogshead

[Carol Eskesen Smith]

Uh - I deal in gallons all the time at work, and in the US, a gallon is 128 fl ounces, or 4 quarts (32 fl oz).  Where did the 64 oz figure come from?

Regards,
Brekke

----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Decker
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 6:45 PM
To: Cooks within the SCA
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Volume of a hogshead

No.  The volumes Huette quotes are not Imperial measure, but are from the  
older traditional measures.  The English wine gallon of 231 cubic inches  
(3.8 liters) became the de facto English gallon in 1707 and is the  
equivalent to the current U.S. gallon of 64 fluid ounces.  Prior to 1707,  
beer and ale were measured in gallons of 282 cubic inches (4.6 liters).

The variable hogshead predates 1828 (I've also seen 1826 and 1827, but I  
think 1828 is probably correct) when Imperial measure was adopted by  
Parliment.  At that time, a hogshead became 52.5 Imperial gallons (about  
62.9 US gallons).

The U.S. uses the traditional English wine gallon and has set the hogshead  
at 63 gallons, the traditional wine hogshead.


From: "Arianwen ferch Arthur" <caer_mab at yahoo.com>


> But if it is in the imperial system does that mean the
> gallon is equal to 80 fl oz, (vs the SAE 64 fl. oz)?
>
>> What is the volume of a hogshead?
>>
>> Stefan
>
> A hogshead is a unit of volume for alcoholic
> beverages in the imperial system. A hogshead of
> wine is 63 gallons. A hogshead of beer or ale is
> 54 gallons.
>
> Huette

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