Alcohol measurements

Alcohol measurements are Units of measurement for determining amounts of alcohol.

Beer measures

• snorkel - 2 fluid ounces
• nip - 1/3 pint. Barley wine was usually bottled in nips.
• small - 1/2 pint
• large - 1 pint
• flagon - 1 quart
• pin - 4½ gallons
• firkin - 9 gallons
• anker - 10 gallons
• kilderkin - 18 gallons
• barrel - 31 gallons
• hogshead - 54 gallons
• tun - 216 gallons

Gill (unit)

• gill - 1/4 pint

See also

• Fifth (unit)

References

• Schott's Original Miscellany