The kilderkin (from the Dutch for "small cask") is equal to half a barrel or two firkins. :;kilderkin (Ale) :The ale kilderkin likewise underwent various redefinitions. Initially 16 ale or beer gallons (73.94 L), it was redefined in 1688 as 17 ale or beer gallons (78.56 L) and again in 1803 as 18 ale or beer gallons (83.18 L). :;kilderkin (Beer) :Until the adoption of the imperial system the beer kilderkin was defined as 18 ale or beer gallons. :;kilderkin (Ale) (Imperial), kilderkin (Beer) (Imperial) :With the adoption of the imperial system the kilderkin was redefined to be 18 imperial gallons, which is exactly or approximately .
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We have adopted it as kilderkin, but have doubled its capacity.
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A kilderkin is an old English liquid measure, dating from about the 13th century, equal to 16 gallons, or half a barrel.
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A kilderkin is an old English liquid measure, dating from about the 13 th century, equal to 16 gallons, or half a barrel.
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The kilderkin is still currently used. It is the unit of choice of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, for calculating beer quantities for beer festivals in the UK. Ales are usually delivered in firkins, cider and other drinks are usually in boxes, bottles or other containers measured in gallons or litres, and all (except wine) are sold in pints or parts thereof. For CAMRA internal accounting, all are calculated in kilderkins. A kilderkin is a 144 pint container but there is not 144 pints of cask conditioned consumable beer in a kilderkin (see Firkins below for explanation).
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If you take a barrel to be two kilderkins and a kilderkin to be two firkins, then the saving works out at about 14p per pint.
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The site is currently occupied by a building built in the 1960s. The present occupants are the Kilderkin Pub. A plaque remains on the wall to mark the site, and to commemorate the golf game.
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A Lord of Order and a Lord of Chaos were also sent to the Dreaming as representatives of their realms. Kilderkin of Order manifested as a lidless box with a servant djinn holding it, and Shivering Jemmy of the Shallow Brigade of Chaos as a young blonde girl with a balloon.
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The firkin, kilderkin, barrel, hogshead, and butt were traditional British measurements of capacity for standard ale and beer containers. They were based on the British ale gallon. (Once there were different measures for ale and beer before the Ale gallon measure became standard for both in 1688; the Ale gallon then became the Imperial gallon in 1824). :1 firkin [9 Imp. gal.
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Although it is common to refer to draught beer containers of any size as barrels, in the UK this is strictly correct only if the container holds 36 imperial gallons. The terms "keg" and "cask" refer to containers of any size, the distinction being that kegs are used for beers intended to be served using external gas cylinders. Cask ales undergo part of their fermentation process in their containers, called casks. Casks are available in several sizes, and it is common to refer to "a firkin" or "a kil" (kilderkin) instead of a cask.
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