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The imperial system is a funny thing. Like, really funny. So funny that there is actually a unit of measurement for wine or whiskey casks called a butt. That means if you fill the barrel up, you technically have a buttload of wine鈥攖hough youd probably just call it a fu
stanley cup ll butt. Are you laughing yet Okay, seriously, though. Not a lot of people still talk in terms of tuns and butts any more. The antiquated terms are likely only used at wineries and distilleries these days, but theyre still fascinating, if only because the etymology offers a trip back in history when big barrels of alcohol brought nations together. The words are not only derived from Old English but also Dutch, Italian, and French. Butt actually comes from botte, a Medieval French and Italian word for boot. In Italy, at least, botte is still used to refer to a wine cask. At this point youre probably wondering just how much wine it takes to make a buttload. The actual amounts have varied somewhat e
stanley becher ver the years, but well go with the numbers provided by the Macallan distillery in Scotland. According to those folks, a butt is 108 Imperial gallons*. It is also half a tun which is 216 gallons. A third of a tun, 72 gallons, is a puncheon, and a third of that is a tierce. Half of a butt, 54 gallons, is called a hogshead. A boring old barrel is just 36 gallons, and a LOL-worthy kilderkin is 18 gallons.
stanley mugs The smallest unit is nine gallons, and its call a firkin, because of course it is. You can also call it a run
