"martyn dawe" wrote in message
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A Barrel is a specific size , cask or keg is the generic for a container
of cask beer, it depends where you are drinking but Holts pubs in
Manchester are known to do 36 Gallon casks( I think this a barrel) ,
some pubs with great ranges of beers stock 9 gallons casks, This is in
the UK.
AFAIK

36 Imperial Gallons is an Imperial barrel. Full, it holds 360 pounds of
water. A measurement of gravity was the "Brewer's Pound." It was the
number of pounds beyond 360 that a barrel of wort weighed. IIRC it equals
2.777 specific gravity points.

artyn dawe" wrote in message
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A Barrel is a specific size , cask or keg is the generic for a container
of cask beer, it depends where you are drinking but Holts pubs in
Manchester are known to do 36 Gallon casks( I think this a barrel) ,
some pubs with great ranges of beers stock 9 gallons casks, This is in
the UK.
AFAIK


In message , MikeMcG
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Derric wrote in message
...
: 1 hogshead

That's just great -- now perhaps you can explain a phrase that has
mystified me since 1967:

....dancing through a hogshead of real fire...



a Hogshead is a large UK cask holding 63 gals of Ale.
Could this statement be interpreted as a ""session on high alcohol"


Terry B (UK)


Perhaps it is like jumping thru a "ring of fire," . . .

ah . . . a belated virtual one minutes silence for the man in black's
passing?

then altogether -
"Love Is A Burning Thing
And It Makes A Fiery Ring
Bound By Wild Desire
I Fell Into A Ring Of Fire

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher

And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire"

--
martyn dawe

I was messing around with a conversion website to help me with some numbers
when I remembered this strand. I guess there is a difference between US
measurements of volume and the British measurements. According to the
calculator the British Gallon is approximately 1.2 US Gallons. So is there a
possibility that this translates over to some of the stuff you guys are
doing?

You guys probably already know this but I thought I'd put in my "look what I
learned" 2 cents.

Here's the site I used:
http://www.sciencemadesimple.net/EASYvolume.html


Salud!
-Dono


"martyn dawe" wrote in message
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A Barrel is a specific size , cask or keg is the generic for a container
of cask beer, it depends where you are drinking but Holts pubs in
Manchester are known to do 36 Gallon casks( I think this a barrel) ,
some pubs with great ranges of beers stock 9 gallons casks, This is in
the UK.
AFAIK


In message , MikeMcG
writes
Derric wrote in message
...
: 1 hogshead

That's just great -- now perhaps you can explain a phrase that has
mystified me since 1967:

....dancing through a hogshead of real fire...


Perhaps it is like jumping thru a "ring of fire," . . .

ah . . . a belated virtual one minutes silence for the man in black's
passing?

then altogether -
"Love Is A Burning Thing
And It Makes A Fiery Ring
Bound By Wild Desire
I Fell Into A Ring Of Fire

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher

And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire"

--
martyn dawe