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Size of a standard pub beer-barrel
Hello,
I'd like to know the gallon capacity of a standard beer barrel that pubs get in the UK. If anyone could help, it would be appreciated! Chris |
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Size of a standard pub beer-barrel
> I'd like to know the gallon capacity of a standard beer barrel that
> pubs get in the UK. If anyone could help, it would be appreciated! Depends if you are talking Real Ale or not. RA typically comes in either 9 or 18 gallons. Lagers, Guinness, etc come in a multitude of different sizes, which are either 30, 40 or 50 or 100 Litre. Regards, Dave. |
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Size of a standard pub beer-barrel
On 6 Nov 2003 06:50:37 -0800, (MikeMcG) wrote:
> >But the term 'barrel' to UK brewers & publicans refers specifically to >a quantity of 36-gallons. True, but the British general public uses the term 'barrel' to describe any draught beer container, cask or keg, any size - much as in the US I suspect. It must have been great fun working as a drayman when barrels and hogsheads were in common use. Imagine manhandling a full barrel from a horse drawn dray! No wonder they were completely drunk most of the time. Best regards, Paul -- Paul Sherwin Consulting http://paulsherwin.co.uk |
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Size of a standard pub beer-barrel
Dave Bourke wrote:
>RA typically comes in either 9 or 18 gallons. >Lagers, Guinness, etc come in a multitude of different sizes, which >are either 30, 40 or 50 or 100 Litre. > anything over 30 litres is becoming rarer these days, because of safety regulations... 20 litres are quite common. -- Warning : you may encounter French language beyond this point. .... Et seul un animal marin aurait la possibilité de se mouvoir dans l'espace avec autant d'aisance que dans la mer il se meut !! Et l'on sait que rien n'égale le spectacle du PPuissant Baleinoptère - avec ou sans bosse - évoluant parmi l'élément liquide et salé... (F'murrr) Laurent Mousson, Berne, Switzerland |
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Size of a standard pub beer-barrel
"Chris Clancey" > wrote in message
om... > Hello, > > I'd like to know the gallon capacity of a standard beer barrel that > pubs get in the UK. If anyone could help, it would be appreciated! > > Chris A "proper" standard UK barrel holds 36 gallons. The next size up, a Hogshead, holds 56 gallons! The largest is a Butt - 100 gallons! HTH Paul -- Reply address is spamtrapped. Remove theobvious for valid e-mail address --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.536 / Virus Database: 331 - Release Date: 03/11/2003 |
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"Paul King" > wrote in message > ...
> "Chris Clancey" > wrote in message > om... > > Hello, > > > > I'd like to know the gallon capacity of a standard beer barrel that > > pubs get in the UK. If anyone could help, it would be appreciated! > > > > Chris MikeMcG wrote: >But the term 'barrel' to UK brewers & publicans refers specifically to >a quantity of 36-gallons. Paul Sherwin wrote > True, but the British general public uses the term 'barrel' to > describe any draught beer container, cask or keg, any size - much as > in the US I suspect. erm, yes, that's why I wrote "'barrel' to brewers & publicans refers to ... 36 gallons" i.e. I was trying to imply that for beer 'barrel' has both a common usage (any sized draught beer container) and a technical one (a quantity of beer) > A "proper" standard UK barrel holds 36 gallons. The next size up, a > Hogshead, holds 56 gallons! The largest is a Butt - 100 gallons! > HTH I thought for beer these were all multiples of 9gal?(*) i.e. (the ones alredy mentioned) plus Hogshead=54gal, Puncheon=72gal, Butt=108gal, Tun=216gal? (*)apart from the 4.5gal 'pin') cheers MikeMcG BTW apologies for repeating what everyone else said - one of the vagaries of readng & posting via google's slow usenet service. |
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Size of a standard pub beer-barrel
Well, I found this -
http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~phl..._glossary.html Look under "cask". Kinda knocks all the arguments together -- Replace the dots and remove nospam for valid email address |
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Size of a standard pub beer-barrel
1 hogshead
Chris Clancey wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to know the gallon capacity of a standard beer barrel that > pubs get in the UK. If anyone could help, it would be appreciated! > > Chris |
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Mike ) wrote:
: 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... -- Bill reply to sirwill1 AT same domain as above |
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>: 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," where the ring is a barrel!? Found this: http://www.lyricstime.com/lyrics/23722.html |
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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... > > > 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" |
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Size of a standard pub beer-barrel
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 |
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Size of a standard pub beer-barrel
"martyn dawe" > wrote in message news > 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. |
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Size of a standard pub beer-barrel
artyn dawe" > wrote in message
news > 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... 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 |
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Size of a standard pub beer-barrel
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 news > 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 |
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