[Sca-cooks] Volume of a hogshead

[Huette von Ahrens]

Well, that shows you that you can't always 
trust the answers you find on websites, because
I cut and pasted my answer from Wikipedia
and they claimed that it was Imperial measure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogshead

Huette

--- Terry Decker <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net>
wrote:

> 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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