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Being into beer and wine (in more than one way) knowing how big a butt you will have is important!
The butt (from the medieval French and Italian botte) or pipe is an old English unit of wine casks, holding two hogsheads (about (477 litres). A hogshead varied in size but today is most commonly 63 US gallons (ca. 238.5 litres), so a butt is now usually 126 US gallons or 105 imperial gallons.
How big a butt or pipe of wine is can also depend on what kind of wine it is:
Madeira or Cape Wine
92 gallons or 348 litres,
Sherry
108 gallons or 409 litres,
Brandy
114 gallons or 431.5 litres,
Port Wine
115 gallons or 435 litres.
Traditionally, a butt of beer is 162 gallons or 613 litres. That is three, not two, hogsheads of beer. Definetly proves that beer drinkers have bigger butts than wine drinkers.
The butt (from the medieval French and Italian botte) or pipe is an old English unit of wine casks, holding two hogsheads (about (477 litres). A hogshead varied in size but today is most commonly 63 US gallons (ca. 238.5 litres), so a butt is now usually 126 US gallons or 105 imperial gallons.
How big a butt or pipe of wine is can also depend on what kind of wine it is:
Madeira or Cape Wine
92 gallons or 348 litres,
Sherry
108 gallons or 409 litres,
Brandy
114 gallons or 431.5 litres,
Port Wine
115 gallons or 435 litres.
Traditionally, a butt of beer is 162 gallons or 613 litres. That is three, not two, hogsheads of beer. Definetly proves that beer drinkers have bigger butts than wine drinkers.
