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64 US fl oz: 1 ⁄ 2 US gallon. Darwin stubby: 2.273 L: 80 imp fl oz: Standard Australian bottle size, equal to half of an Imperial gallon. Later rounded down to 2.25 L (79.18 imp fl oz) after metrication, or reduced to 2 L (70.39 imp fl oz) in states with strict drinking laws. bucket (UK) 18.18 L: 4 imp gal: Obsolete measure. pin: 20.46 L: 4.5 ...
Winchester or corn gallon was 272 in 3 (157 imp fl oz; 4,460 mL) (1697 act 8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 22) Henry VII (Winchester) corn gallon from 1497 onwards was 154.80 imp fl oz (4,398 mL) Elizabeth I corn gallon from 1601 onwards was 155.70 imp fl oz (4,424 mL) William III corn gallon from 1697 onwards was 156.90 imp fl oz (4,458 mL)
The gallon was divided into four quarts, the quart into two pints, the pint into four gills, and the gill into five ounces; thus, there were 160 imperial fluid ounces to the gallon. This made the mass of a fluid ounce of water one avoirdupois ounce (exactly 28.349 523 125 g), a relationship which remains approximately valid today despite the ...
Wine was measured with units based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches (3.785 L), beer was measured with units based on an ale gallon of 282 cubic inches (4.621 L) and grain was measured with the Winchester measure with a gallon of approximately 268.8 cubic inches (one eighth of a Winchester bushel or 4.405 L). In 1824, these units were ...
The common 55-gallon size of drum for storing and transporting various products and wastes is sometimes confused with a barrel, though it is not a standard measure. In the U.S., single servings of beverages are usually measured in fluid ounces. Milk is usually sold in half-pints (8 fluid ounces), pints, quarts, half gallons, and gallons.
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In the United States and Canada, large bottles are 22 U.S. fl oz (650.6 mL; 22.9 imp fl oz), or one-sixth of a US gallon (colloquially called a "bomber," a "deuce deuce," or "double deuce"). Some breweries also choose to use 500 mL (16.9 U.S. fl oz; 17.6 imp fl oz) bottles, often for smaller batches of beer.