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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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