Wine container sizes

[grapeman]

While looking up what a hogshead was, I came across this handy chart for various size wine barrel containers. I thought you all would be able to use it for those larger kits.





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In England before 1824, a unit of liquid capacity, about 119.24 liters.


From at least the 14th century the barrel of wine has contained 31.5 gallons, one-eighth of the tun of 252 gallons. The gallons are wine gallons of 231 cubic inches, used by the Excise for centuries before being legalized by an act of 1707 (Anne chap. 27 s 17.). Honey and cooking oil are also said to have been sold by these measures.


The tun, pip, firkin and hogshead were in use by 1439, the barrel and rundelt by 1483, and the tierce by 1536. Thereafter the system remained remarkably stable until the introduction of imperial measure in 1824. In that reform the capacities of the various wine casks were changed very little (slightly adjusted to round numbers), but their capacities were thereafter stated in imperial gallons. See the table below.
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tun</TD></TR>
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pipe or butt</TD>
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2</TD></TR>
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firkin or puncheon or tertian</TD>
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1½</TD>
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3</TD></TR>
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hogshead</TD>
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1<SUP>1</SUP>/<SUB>3</SUB></TD>
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2</TD>
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4</TD></TR>
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tierce</TD>
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1½</TD>
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2</TD>
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3</TD>
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6</TD></TR>
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wine barrel</TD>
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1<SUP>1</SUP>⁄<SUB>3</SUB></TD>
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2</TD>
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2<SUP>2</SUP>⁄<SUB>3</SUB></TD>
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4</TD>
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8</TD></TR>
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rundlet</TD>
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1¾</TD>
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2<SUP>1</SUP>⁄<SUB>3</SUB></TD>
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3½</TD>
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4<SUP>2</SUP>/<SUB>3</SUB></TD>
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7</TD>
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14</TD></TR>
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wine gallon</TD>
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18</TD>
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31.5</TD>
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42</TD>
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63</TD>
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84</TD>
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126</TD>
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252</TD></TR>
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liters (before 1824)</TD>
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68.14</TD>
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119.24</TD>
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158.99</TD>
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238.48</TD>
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317.97</TD>
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476.96</TD>
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953.92</TD></TR>
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pre-1824, in imp. gal.</TD>
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14.99</TD>
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26.23</TD>
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34.97</TD>
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52.46</TD>
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69.94</TD>
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104.92</TD>
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209.83</TD></TR>
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imperial gallons 1824-</TD>
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15</TD>
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26¼</TD>
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35</TD>
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52.5</TD>
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70</TD>
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105</TD>
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210</TD></TR>
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liters (after 1824)</TD>
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68.19</TD>
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119.3</TD>
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159.1</TD>
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238.7</TD>
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318.2</TD>
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477.3</TD>
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954.7</TD></TR></T></TABLE>


I see it takes two hogsheads to make up a butt

 

[Wade E]

Interesting info there Appleman.

 

[JWMINNESOTA]

Would be interesting to know where they got the names for these units of measure, or , maybe thats more than we really want to know !

Ive muttered a few of those while smashing the fingers, stubbing the toes , etc.