I made a lot of very sweet wine using C.J.J. Berry's First Steps in Winemaking before I realized that a Imperial, or British, gallon was larger than an American gallon. That realization led me to discover that our cups, pints and quarts are also different. How the colonies of any country could come to have different measures than the parent country for the same named units has remained a mystery to me, but it is an important fact that the differences exist.
One U.S. liquid gallon equals: | One Imperial liquid gallon equals: |
0.832 Imperial gallons 3.7854 liters 128 U.S. liquid ounces 133.2 Imperial liquid ounces 8 U.S. liquid pints 6.66 Imperial liquid pints 4 U.S. liquid quarts 3.33 Imperial liquid quarts 5 bottles (750 ml) of wine |
1.2 U.S. liquid gallons 4.5459 liters 160 Imperial liquid ounces 153.7 U.S. liquid ounces 8 Imperial liquid pints 9.6 U.S. liquid pints 4 Imperial liquid quarts 4.8 U.S. liquid quarts 6 bottles (750 ml) of wine |
Traditional Measures | Milliliters |
1 U.S. cup 1 Imperial cup 1/2 U.S. cup 1/3 U.S. cup 1/4 U.S. cup 2 tablespoons 1 teaspoon 1 U.S. pint 1 U.S. quart 1 U.S. gallon |
237 ml 250 ml 118 ml 79 ml 60 ml 30 ml 5 ml 473 ml 946 ml 3,785 ml |
U.S. Weights | Grams | Kilograms |
1 ounce 2 ounces 3 ounces 4 ounces 5 ounces 6 ounces 8 ounces 12 ounces 16 ounces 2 pounds 3 pounds 4 pounds 5 pounds 10 pounds |
28.349 grams 56.699 gram 85.049 grams 113.398 grams 141.748 grams 170.097 grams 226.796 grams 340.194 grams 453.592 grams 907.185 grams 1 360.777 grams 1 814.369 grams 2 267.962 grams 4 535.924 grams |
0.028 kilograms 0.056 kilograms 0.085 kilograms 0.113 kilograms 0.142 kilograms 0.170 kilograms 0.227 kilograms 0.340 kilograms 0.454 kilograms 0.907 kilograms 1.361 kilograms 1.814 kilograms 2.268 kilograms 4.536 kilograms |
Metric Weights | U.S. Ounces | U.S. Pounds |
1 gram 2 grams 3 grams 4 grams 5 grams 10 grams 25 grams 50 grams 75 grams 100 grams 500 grams 1 kilogram 2 kilograms 3 kilograms 4 kilograms 5 kilograms |
0.035 ounce 0.071 ounce 0.106 ounce 0.141 ounce 0.176 ounce 0.353 ounce 0.882 ounce 1.764 ounces 2.646 ounces 3.527 ounces 17.637 ounces 35.274 ounces 70.548 ounces 105.822 ounces 141.096 ounces 176.370 ounces |
0.002 pound 0.004 pound 0.007 pound 0.009 pound 0.011 pound 0.022 pound 0.055 pound 0.110 pound 0.165 pound 0.220 pound 1.102 pounds 2.205 pounds 4.409 pounds 6.614 pounds 8.818 pounds 11.023 pounds |
Bottle Size | Milliliters |
Sample Split Third Half Pot (Beaujolais) Clavelin (Jura) Standard Liter Magnum Tregnum Double Magnum (Bordeaux*) Jeroboam (Sparkling**) Jeroboam ((Bordeaux) Rehoboam Imperial (Bordeaux) Methusalah (Sparkling) Salmanazar (Bordeaux) Balthazar (Sparkling) Nebuchadnezzar (Sparkling) Soverign *Bordeaux is the bottle's shape -- shouldered **All Sparkling bottles are Burgundy shaped |
175 ml 187 ml 250 ml 375 ml 500 ml 620 ml 750 ml 1,000 ml 1,500 ml 2,250 ml 3,000 ml 3,000 ml 4,500 to 5000 ml 4,500 ml 6,000 ml 6,000 ml 9,000 ml 12,000 ml 15,000 ml 50,000 ml |
Celsius | Fahrenheit | Celsius | Fahrenheit |
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 15 17 20 21 |
32.0 33.8 35.6 37.4 39.2 41.0 42.8 44.6 46.4 48.2 50.0 53.6 59.0 62.6 68.0 69.8 |
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 35 36 37 38 39 40 |
71.6 73.4 75.2 77.0 78.8 80.6 82.4 84.2 86.0 89.6 95.0 96.8 98.4 100.4 102.2 104.0 |
Specific Gravity | BRIX | Specific Gravity | BRIX |
1.000 1.001 1.002 1.003 1.004 1.005 1.006 1.007 1.008 1.009 1.010 1.011 1.012 1.013 1,014 1.015 1.016 1.017 1.018 1.019 1.020 1.021 1.022 1.023 1.024 1.025 1.026 1.027 1.028 1.029 1.030 1.031 1.032 1.033 1.034 1.035 1.036 1.037 1.038 1.039 1.040 1.041 1.042 1.043 1.044 1.045 1.046 1.047 1.048 1.049 1,050 1.051 1.052 1.053 1.054 1.055 1.056 1.057 1.058 1.059 1.060 1.061 1.062 1.063 1.064 1.065 |
0.00 0.26 0.51 0.77 1.03 1.28 1.54 1.80 2.05 2.31 2.56 2.81 3.07 3.32 3.57 3.82 4.08 4.33 4.58 4.83 5.08 5.33 5.57 5.82 6.07 6.32 6.57 6.81 7.06 7.30 7.55 7.80 8.04 8.28 8.53 8.77 9.01 9.26 9.50 9.74 9.98 10.22 10.46 10.70 10.94 11.18 11,42 11.66 11.90 12.14 12.37 12.61 12.85 13.08 13.32 13.55 13.79 14.02 14.26 14.49 14.72 14.96 15.19 15.42 15.65 15.88 |
1.066 1.067 1.068 1.069 1.070 1.071 1.072 1.073 1.074 1.075 1.076 1.077 1.078 1.079 1,080 1.081 1.082 1.083 1.084 1.085 1.086 1.087 1.088 1.089 1.090 1.091 1.092 1.093 1.094 1.095 1.096 1.097 1.098 1.099 1.100 1.101 1.102 1.103 1.104 1.105 1.106 1.107 1.108 1.109 1.110 1.111 1.112 1.113 1.114 1.115 1,116 1.117 1.118 1.119 1.120 1.121 1.122 1.123 1.124 1.125 1.126 1.127 1.128 1.129 1.130 |
16.11 16.34 16.57 16.80 17.03 17.26 17.49 17.72 17.95 18.18 18.40 18.63 18.86 19.08 19.31 19.53 19.76 19.98 20.21 20.43 20.65 20.88 21.10 21.32 21.54 21.77 21.99 22.21 22.43 22.65 22.87 23.09 23.31 23.53 23.75 23.96 24.18 24.40 24.62 24.83 25.05 25.27 25.48 25.70 25.91 26.13 26.34 26.56 26.77 26.98 27.20 27.41 27.62 27.83 28.05 28.26 28.47 28.68 28.89 29.10 29.31 29.52 29.73 29.94 30.15 |
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