>>>>>lol
>>>>>
>>>>>Isn't that a "tun" btw, a size of barrel as opposed to a weight?
>>>>
>>>>The url you sent spells it 'ton', but you're probably right.
>>>
>>>If you click on the "Capacity - pints & gallons" hyper you get:
>>>
>>>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
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>>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
>
>Hmmm, this whole business is "foreign" to me. Maybe this is saying that 2 butts weigh a ton, as opposed to the large barrel capacity, tun.

And it also probably assumes it's not 'lite' beer. ;)

>
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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"
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>>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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>>>>
>>>>>
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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.
>>>>>
>>>>>That's only people who come from that famouse Florida city, Barrelassy.
>>>>>
>>>...