The butt (from the medieval French and Italian ') or pipe is an old English unit of wine casks, holding about 477 litres or rather two hogsheads. 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. Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of grapes and grape juice. ... (Redirected from 1 E-1 m3) To help compare different orders of magnitudes this page lists volumes from at 10-1 m3 to 1 m3. ... A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (less often, of a food commodity). ... The gallon (abbr. ... (Redirected from 1 E-1 m3) To help compare different orders of magnitudes this page lists volumes from at 10-1 m3 to 1 m3. ...

Winemaking

How big a butt or pipe of wine is can also depend on what kind of wine it is: medieval wine-making This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...

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! Madeira is a fortified wine made in the Madeira Islands of Portugal, which is prized equally for drinking and cooking; the latter use including the dessert plum in madeira. ... Sherry solera Sherry is a type of wine originally produced in and around the town of Jerez, Spain. ... Brandy pot stills at the Van Ryn Brandy Cellar near Stellenbosch, South Africa Brandy (short for brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn—fire wine) is a general term for distilled wine, usually 40–60% ethyl alcohol by volume. ... A glass of tawny port. ... (Redirected from 1 E-1 m3) To help compare different orders of magnitudes this page lists volumes from at 10-1 m3 to 1 m3. ...

George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV of England was drowned in a butt of malmsey, February 18, 1478. It was used in The Cask of Amontillado for describing the Amontillado's size. George (Plantagenet), Duke of Clarence (October 21, 1449 - February 18, 1478) was the third son of Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville, and the brother of King Edward IV of England. ... Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470-1471. ... Malmsey (also known as Malvasia or Malvazia) is a sweet Madeira wine made — in Portugal, the Azores, the Canary Islands, Sardinia, and Sicily — from fully ripe Malvasia grapes that are partially dried on the vine. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. ... The Cask of Amontillado is a horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1846. ...