A large barrel that hols from 63 to 140 gallons
A large wooden barrel or cask capable of holding from 100 gallons up.
a traditional unit of volume for liquids. Originally the hogshead varied with the contents, often being equal to 48 gallons of ale; 54 of beer; 60 of cider; 63 of oil, honey, or wine; or 100 of molasses. In the United States, a hogshead is defined to hold 2 barrels, or 63 gallons; this was the traditional British wine hogshead. It is equal to exactly 14 553 cubic inches, or about 8.422 cubic feet (238.48 liters). In the British imperial system, the hogshead equals 1/2 butt, or 52.5 imperial gallons (8.429 cubic feet, or 238.67 liters). Thus the British imperial and American hogsheads are almost exactly the same size. No one seems to know for sure how this unit got its unusual name.
Casks containing 250 litres (66 am. gallons)
A barrel content measuring 272 kilos.
Traditional scottish cask, generally of rather squat proportion and whose capacity, which somewhat varies according to the area, is usually about 250 l.
barrel holding 54 gallons of beer.
At the time 268.2 litres (36 Paris setiers or 288 Paris pints) (Montagne, Zupko).
A cask that holds 54 imperial gallons.
An imperial unit of measurement equal to approximately 250 litres or 63 gallons. Also the name given to a cask of that size.
A liquid measure, 63 gallons; a large cask or barrel.
In Australia this is a 300 litre barrel. Confusingly the term is also used by some when they are referring to the barrique of Bordeaux, a smaller barrel.
A standard 300 litre capacity barrel.
An archaic unit of volume of approximately fifty imperial gallons used for measuring large amounts of fishery salt. It also pertains to a puncheon-like container (though smaller than the puncheon -- see below) which was used to measure this volume.
A large cask or barrel; a unit of capacity, in the U.S.A. equal to 63 gallons (52 1/2 imperial gallons).
a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
a large cask especially one holding 63 gals
a kind of beer barrel you moron
a large cask for the storage and transportation of liquids and commodities
a traditional brewery term associated with barrels of quality beer quaffed in the kind of pub that the imaginatively renamed "Hog's Head" used to be
a unit of volume for alcoholic beverages in the imperial system
a very large barrel or cask with varying capacity to hold liquid
Wooden barrel for used for wine storage.
Barrel used for storage of wine - made from wood and adds oak flavours
A 54 gallon cask (now rare).
A 250 Litre cask. This is the ideal and most common size of cask in which to mature Scotch Whisky. Barrels imported from the US are usually rebuilt as hogsheads.
Cask holding 54 imperial gallons ( 243 liters ).
unit of measurement for many products including sugar; the large barrel of sugar weighing 800-1200 pounds
An oak barrel with a 300L capacity.
a large barrel used to transport tobacco, weighing between 500 and 2000 pounds
A wine barrel that holds approximately 239 litres (63 gallons). Back
Often colloquially referred to as a 'hoggie,' the hogshead is a common size of whisky cask, having an approximate capacity of 55 gallons (250 litres.) glossary I
A large barrel or cask, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons; also a liquid measure, especially one equal to 63 gallons (52-1/2 imperial gallons)
A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in Imperial units, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages such as wine, ale, or cider.
