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GLOSSARY OF USEFUL INFORMATION

Demi-Sec.

A label.used for Champagne which is quite sweet.

Gallon.

Standard English and American \vine measure which, up to

I.S2G, was tlie same, i.e., 231 cubic inches for Wine, whilst the

Ale gallon was equal to 2S2 cubic inches. In the United Kingdom

these two gallons were replaced by Act 5 Geo. IV, c. 71 (1824),

which came into operation on January 1st, 1826, when the present

imperial' gallon was introduced. It is equivalent to 277.274

cubic inches: its weight is 10 lb. avoirdupois of distilled water ;

it is divided into 4 quarts or 8 pints. It is equivalent to 4.54 litres.

The U.S.A. gallon is the old English gallon of 231 cubic inches

or 128 oz.

Mash.

Prepared ingredients before fermentation.

Must.

Grape juice before fermentation.

Nip.

A quarter bottle.

Noggin.

An English measure equal to a quarter pint.

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Perry.

The fermented juice of fresh pears, and usually sweetened as

well as filtered before it is bottled. There is both still and sparkling

Perry, the sparkling kind is the more popular of tlie two and it

is sold as Medium Dry, which is sweet enough for most grown-up

people, and Sweet, which is very sweet.

Pipe.

The standard cask for Port in tire British Isles; its gauge is

115 gallons, averaging 56 dozens when bottled.

Proof Spirit.

In the U.K., Proof Spirit is"that which at the temperature of

51 degrees F. weighs exactly 12/13 of an equal measure of dis

tilled water." This means that at a temperature of 60 degrees F.

Proof Spirit contains 49.28 per cent, by weight, or 57.10 per cent,

by volume, of alcohol. Any degree or de.grees of alcohol over or

under 57.10 by volume is stated with the mention o.p. or

'' u.p.", meaning '* over proof" or under proof . Thus a

spirit containing 60.0 of alcohol, by volume, and^ another 53.8

would be descriioed as 3.5 o.p. and 3.3. u.p. respectively.

In the U.S.A., what is known as"Proof Spirit is a spirit

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