gallons (205-218 L). A hogshead of brandy was approximately equal to 56-61 gallons (255-277 L).

Eventually, a hogshead of wine came to be 52.5 impgal (or 63 US gallons), while a hogshead of beer or ale came to be 54 gallons (249.54221 L with the pre-1824 beer and ale gallon, or 245.48886 L with the imperial gallon).

A hogshead was also used as unit of measurement for sugar in Louisiana

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