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Firkin may refer to: * Firkin (unit), small cask used for liquids, butter, salt, and sometimes fish: ** Firkin, a volume of beer; see English brewery cask units#Firkin * Firkin Brewery, a chain of pubs in the United Kingdom * Firkin Roos, an Australian rules football team in Britain; see Earls Court Kangaroos * Firkin, NATO reporting name for the Sukhoi Su-47 The Sukhoi Su-47 ''Berkut'' (russian: Сухой Су-47 Беркут, translation=Golden Eagle) (NATO reporting name Firkin), also designated S-32 and S-37 (not to be confused with the twin-engined delta canard designButtler, Tony and Gordon, ...

Firkin (unit)
A firkin is a unit of volume or mass used in several situations. Its etymology is likely to be from the Middle English ''ferdekyn'', probably from the Middle Dutch diminutive of vierde 'fourth' (a firkin originally contained a quarter of a barrel). Firkin also describes a small wooden cask or tub for butter, lard, etc. American unit of dry volume A firkin was an American unit of dry measure. 1 firkin = 9 US gallons = 34 litres American naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) in his boyhood memoir described a firkin as weighing 100 pounds when loaded with salted butter. British unit for butter and cheese A firkin was a British unit for the sale of butter and cheese. 1 firkin = 56 pounds = 25 kilograms British unit of volume for beer and wine A firkin was also a British unit for the sale of beer. It is one quarter of a barrel and its value depends on the current size of a barrel, but at present: 1 firkin = 0.25 barrel = 9 imperial gallons = 10.8 U.S. gallons = 41 litre T ...
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English Brewery Cask Units
Capacities of brewery casks were formerly measured and standardised according to a specific system of English units. The system was originally based on the ale gallon of . In United Kingdom and its colonies, with the adoption of the imperial system in 1824, the units were redefined in terms of the slightly smaller imperial gallon (). The older units continued in use in the United States. Historically the terms ''beer'' and ''ale'' referred to distinct brews. From the mid 15th century until 1803 in Britain "ale" casks and "beer" casks differed in the number of gallons they contained. Units Tun The tun is a cask that is double the size of a butt and is equal to eight barrels and has a capacity of . Invented in Brentford, a tun was used in local breweries to measure large amounts of alcohol. Butt (Imperial) The butt of beer was equal to half a tun, two hogsheads, three tierce, or . Hogshead The hogshead of beer and ale was equal to a quarter of a tun, half a butt, a tierce and a ...
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Firkin Brewery
The Firkin Brewery was a chain of pubs in the United Kingdom. The original UK chain is now defunct, but a number of pubs operate under the Firkin name in other countries. The chain took its name from the firkin, an old English unit of volume. History The chain was established in 1979 by David Bruce as Bruce's Brewery, the Firkin Brewery grew as a chain of mostly brewpubs offering cask ale. It was acquired by Midsummer Leisure in 1988, Stakis Leisure in 1990 and then by Allied Domecq in 1991; by 1995 the chain had 44 pubs, 19 of which brewed beer on site. In 1999, Punch Taverns bought the entire chain and the rights to the Firkin brand, and then sold 110 of the pubs to Bass, leaving 60 Firkin pubs under Punch ownership. The brewery side of the chain was wound up, and in March 2001 Punch announced that the Firkin brand was to be discontinued. After several corporate restructurings, most of the Bass sites ended up in the Mitchells and Butlers pub company formed in 2003. Man ...
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Earls Court Kangaroos
The Earls Court Kangaroos were an Australian rules football team based in London, England. History The Earls Court Kangaroos were formed as a foundation club of the British Australian Rules Football League in 1990.Captained by ex St.Kilda player Chris Stone They changed their name to the Esher Kangaroos for the 1992 season, then to the Firkin Roos for the 1996–97 seasons, then folded after the 1997 season. They appeared in the inaugural Grand Final in 1990 and were defeated by the Wandsworth Demons. They returned to the next Grand Final in 1991 and defeated the Wandsworth Demons Wandsworth Town () is a district of south London, within the London Borough of Wandsworth southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Toponymy Wandsworth takes its name ... by the biggest winning margin in the history of BARFL Grand Finals. This was probably the highlight of the Roos existence, although former players att ...
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