Alcohol measurements

Beer measures

• nip - ⅓ pint. Barley wine was usually bottled in nips.
• small - ½ pint
• large - 1 pint
• flagon - 1 quart
• pin - 4½ gallons
• firkin - 9 gallons
• anker - 10 gallons
• kilderkin - 18 gallons
• barrel - 36 gallons
• hogshead - 54 gallons
• tun - 216 gallons

Spirit measures

• gill - ¼ pint