Hogshead (ale) (hhd (ale))

Imperial (British)Historical unit (no longer in standard use)

54 imperial gallons (245.5 L), one and a half UK beer barrels.

1 hogshead (ale) = 245.48886 liters (exactly).

1 hogshead (ale) = 245.48886 liters

About the hogshead (ale)

Philologists such as Walter William Skeat traced hogshead to Germanic words for a cask, for example Dutch oxhooft and Danish oxehoved, meaning ox head; the older English form was probably oxhead. Parliament first tried to standardise the cask in an act of 1423, but sizes still varied by place and by what was inside.

For ale, Wikipedia gives two figures. Under the pre-1824 beer gallon the ale hogshead is listed as 45 imperial gallons, while its chart for the 1824 system gives 54 imperial gallons, 245.5 liters, one and a half barrels. The latter is the figure used here. Other goods differed: wine hogsheads settled at 52.5 imperial gallons (238.7 L), and in 1897 Whitaker's Almanack listed 46 gallons for claret, 57 for port and 54 for sherry. Colonial sugar and tobacco hogsheads were measured by weight instead. The ale hogshead has long fallen out of use.

Sources: Wikipedia: Hogshead; Wikipedia: Kilderkin; Wikipedia: Barrel (unit)

Hogshead (ale) conversion chart

1 hogshead (ale) expressed in every other volume unit:

Unit1 hogshead (ale)
Liters245.48886
Milliliters245,488.86
US Gallons64.85129598
US Cups1,037.620736
US Fluid Ounces8,300.965885
Cubic Meters0.24548886
Cubic Centimeters245,488.86
US Quarts259.4051839
US Pints518.8103678
US Tablespoons16,601.93177
US Teaspoons49,805.79531
Metric Cups981.95544
Metric Tablespoons16,365.924
Metric Teaspoons49,097.772
Imperial Gallons54
Imperial Pints432
Imperial Fluid Ounces8,640
Cubic Inches14,980.64937
Cubic Feet8.669357275
Cubic Yards0.3210873065
Oil Barrels1.544078476
Cubic Millimeters245,488,860
Microliters245,488,860
Centiliters24,548.886
Deciliters2,454.8886
Hectoliters2.4548886
Cubic Kilometers2.4548886×10⁻¹⁰
Australian Tablespoons12,274.443
US Legal Cups1,022.87025
Imperial Quarts216
Cubic Miles5.88959096×10⁻¹¹
Wine Bottles327.31848
Magnums163.65924
Jeroboams81.82962
Methuselahs40.91481
Nebuchadnezzars16.365924
US Gills2,075.241471
US Fluid Drams66,407.72708
US Minims3,984,463.625
Jiggers5,533.977257
Pinches796,892.725
Dashes398,446.3625
Imperial Gills1,728
US Bushels6.966383019
US Pecks27.86553207
US Dry Quarts222.9242566
US Dry Pints445.8485132
US Dry Barrels2.123107904
US Liquid Barrels2.058771301
UK Beer Barrels1.5
Firkins6
Kilderkins3
Tierces1.544078476
Hogsheads (wine)1.02938565
Puncheons0.7720392378
Butts (pipe)0.5146928252
Tuns0.2573464126
Acre-feet0.0001990210577
Cords0.06772935371
Board Feet104.0322873
Cyathi5,397.006998
Sextarii449.7505832
Congii74.95843053
Modii28.10941145
Amphorae9.369803817
Omers111.5858455
Hin66.95150727
Baths (biblical)11.15858455
Homers1.115858455
Gō1,360.873272
Shō136.0873272
Tō13.60873272
Koku1.360873272
Charkas1,995.94013
Shtofs199.594013
Vedros19.9594013

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