Traditional cask capacities
Pin - 4.5 gallons
Firkin - 9 gallons
Kilderkin - 18 gallons
Barrel - 36 gallons
Hogshead - 54 gallons
Puncheon - 72 gallons
Butt - 108 gallons
2 posted on
12/30/2011 8:56:54 PM PST by
Daffynition
(*Pray for whatever passes for America these days* Amen. ~ ScottinVA)
To: Daffynition
To mark his retirement, he was presented with a specially-created miniature cask filled with whisky I would rather have an oversize cask filled with whisky.
5 posted on
12/30/2011 9:51:01 PM PST by
iowamark
To: Daffynition
200,000 is about 16 every work day. Imagine buiding a new barrel every 30 minutes for 50 years.
10 posted on
12/30/2011 11:10:44 PM PST by
KarlInOhio
(Herman Cain: possibly the escapee most dangerous to the Democrats since Frederick Douglass.)
To: Daffynition
Sometimes we forget that there are still these kind of skilled trades around. I am sure one can make great money being a cooper, cobler or some other skilled craftsman.
14 posted on
12/30/2011 11:46:23 PM PST by
LukeL
(Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
To: Daffynition
Sometimes we forget that there are still these kind of skilled trades around. I am sure one can make great money being a cooper, cobler or some other skilled craftsman.
15 posted on
12/30/2011 11:46:23 PM PST by
LukeL
(Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
To: Daffynition
You can buy whiskey by the keg? Crap....and Christmas just went by.....now I’ll have to be good for a whole year.
“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me
A keg of whiskey.”
Easy to remember, anyway.
I’d only have to make one whiskey run a week for Grandma.
Hopefully, there’s a volume purchase discount.
18 posted on
12/31/2011 7:15:09 AM PST by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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