Joe,

I think Canadians are generally more aware of this than the U.S. folks
since we are little more used to using both U.S. gallons and Imperial
gallons. Here are the conversions:

1 U.S. gallon = 3.785 liters
1 Imperial gallon = 4.542 liters or 1.2 U.S. gallons
1 U.S. gallon yields 5 x 750 ml bottles
1 Imperial gallon yields 6 x 750 ml bottles

If you can collect a few Imperial Gallons as well as U.S. gallons they
are very handy for adjusting extra volumes. Our our Imperial Gallons
require a #6.5 bung and the U.S. jugs generally take a #8.

Cheers,

Glen Duff
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Joe Sallustio wrote:

> Are you saying there is variability between 5 gallon (US) carboys? If
> so, that's my experience too. Most of mine end up working out to
> ~25.5 bottles of wine which is about right; 25.23 750 ml bottles is
> where they should end up. I have some that end up over 26. They are
> not precision made, so it's not really unexpected to me. (Some take
> a number 6 stopper, others a 7.5...) I started marking mine when I
> bottle so I know which ones are which. Most of mine came out of the
> same manufacturer in Mexico and are less than 10 years old, but I have
> a few that are really old too. I'm pretty sure I have none that come
> out to less than 25 bottles.
> Regards,
> Joe
>
> (Dr. Richard E. Hawkins) wrote in message >...
>
>>I now happily own a half-dozen 5 gallon carboys.
>>
>>Or I thought it was happily.
>>
>>I racked a batch into one of these to store for a few months, expecting
>>two and a partial bottles to be left over.
>>
>>Nope.
>>
>>*four* full bottles after filling to the neck.
>>
>>Yikes.
>>
>>hawk
>>