>>>>>>>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
>>>>
>>>>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.
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>>And it also probably assumes it's not 'lite' beer. ;)
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>Yes, I meant to say that - the weight all reles on the SG of the liquid. :-)

For the record, on average, beer is 1010 at 10°C. ;)

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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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>>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>...