>>>lol
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>>>Isn't that a "tun" btw, a size of barrel as opposed to a weight?
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>>The url you sent spells it 'ton', but you're probably right.
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>If you click on the "Capacity - pints & gallons" hyper you get:
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>4.5 gallons = 1 pin
>2 pins = 1 firkin
>2 firkins = 1 kilderkin
>2 kilderkins = 1 barrel
>2 barrels = 1 puncheon
>3 puncheons = 1 tun

But if you look to the right of that, you'll see:
Beer (contd.)
6 firkins = 1 hogshead
2 hogsheads = 1 butt
2 butts = 1 ton

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>Incidentally, there's a chain of own-brew pubs in the UK, The Firkin Group, who name all their pubs "The F_______ and Firkin". Ironically they took over a disused Methodist temple in Brighton and called it "The Font & Firkin"

They're here too. "The Fox & Firkin", "The Friar & Firkin", "The Frog & Firkin". There are others that use the 'firkin' in their names too, but not with the first 'F' (unless you want to cheat a bit and count 'The Pheasant & Firkin').

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>>>>Not to mention that in Beer measure, 2 butts = 1 ton, and from what I've seen in a couple of bars, I can understand why.
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>>>That's only people who come from that famouse Florida city, Barrelassy.
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