The butt (from the
medieval French and
Italian botte) or pipe is an old English unit of
wine casks, holding two
hogsheads (about (477
litres). A hogshead varied in size but today is most commonly 63 US
gallons (ca. 238.5 litres), so a butt is now usually 126 US gallons or 105 imperial gallons.How big a butt or pipe of wine is can also depend on what kind of wine it is:
Madeira or Cape Wine 92 gallons or 348 litres,
Sherry 108 gallons or 409 litres,
Brandy 114 gallons or 431.5 litres,
Port Wine 115 gallons or 435 litres.Traditionally, a butt of beer is 162 gallons or 613 litres. That is three, not two, hogsheads of beer.
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