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Traditional Wine & Ale

A curated selection of our finest writings concerning traditional wine & ale.

Two Gallons Enter, One Gallon Leaves: Why Your Pint Depended on Whether You Were Drinking Wine or Ale
Historic wooden wine and ale casks in a traditional cellar
Two Gallons Enter, One Gallon Leaves: Why Your Pint Depended on Whether You Were Drinking Wine or Ale

Discover the chaotic history of British liquid measures before 1824, where wine and ale lived by entirely different gallons, and how a wine cask became the modern oil barrel.

Measurement Historian
6 min read

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