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The ale or beer firkin (from Middle Dutch vierdekijn meaning "fourth") is a quarter of an ale or beer barrel or half a kilderkin. This unit is much smaller than the wine firkin . Casks in this size (themselves called firkins) are the most common container for cask ale .
Ale casks at a brewery in the UK. These are firkins, each holding 9 imperial gallons (41 L) or a quarter of a UK beer barrel.. A barrel is one of several units of volume applied in various contexts; there are dry barrels, fluid barrels (such as the U.K. beer barrel and U.S. beer barrel), oil barrels, and so forth.
English brewery cask units [5] gallon firkin kilderkin barrel hogshead Year designated 1 hogsheads 1 1 + 1 ⁄ 2: barrels 1 2 3 kilderkins 1 2 4 6 firkins 1 8 16 32 48 ale gallons (1454) = 4.621 L = 36.97 L = 73.94 L = 147.9 L = 221.8 L 1 9 18 36 54 beer gallons = 4.621 L = 41.59 L = 83.18 L = 166.4 L = 249.5 L 1 8 + 1 ⁄ 2: 17 34 51 ale gallons
The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Middle Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, oil or honey.It is typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used.
Barrel has also been used as a standard size of measure, referring to a set capacity or weight of a given commodity. For example, in the UK and Ireland, a barrel of beer refers to a quantity of 36 imperial gallons (160 L; 43 US gal), and is distinguished from other unit measurements, such as firkins, hogsheads, and kilderkins. [7]
Names and contents of beer and ale vessels in James Lightbody's Every Man His Own Gauger, 1695. Unit of liquid volume The butt is an obsolete English measure of liquid volume equalling two hogsheads , being between 450 and 1,060 litres (99 and 233 imp gal; 120 and 280 US gal) by various definitions.
c. 24 — Barrel of beer to be 36 gallons, taken by the gauge of the Exchequer standard of the ale quart; barrel of ale to be 32 gallons; all other liquors retailed to be sold by the wine gallon; 1689 1 Will. & Mar. c. 24 — Barrels of beer and ale outside London to contain 34 gallons; 1695 7 Will. 3.
A typical keg (half-barrel) with a single opening in the center of the top end. In common parlance, the term keg refers to a half-barrel (15.5 U.S. gallon) vessel as this is the most common size used in restaurants, bars and limited home use. A quarter-barrel has a volume of 7.75 U.S. gallons. Generally, a keg is a vessel smaller than a barrel ...