US gallons. Who uses imperial gallons?
Pie_Man said:US gallons. Who uses imperial gallons?
The book is published by Brewers Publications, a division of the Brewers Association. It's a U.S. organization and I believe Ray Daniels, the author, is an American.
I think you'll find the civilised world uses Imperial gallons.
Seriously? You hadn't?I'm another american who has never heard of imperial gallons.
Look at page 32 and 33
He's referring to grains having 36.3, 36.0, and 35.6 gravity units per lb/gallon.
Those are the numbers for us gallons. For an imperial gallon the numbers would only 80% as high.
woozy said:But Americans *never* do. And it never occurs to us that anyone wouldn't realize that. (Which I think was the intent of the post which I think was supposed to be a joke.)
If the book is American than it is definitely U.S. gallons.
It confuses the hell out of me. I'm wondering why kits I brew have less ABV than the videos I see on YouTube and have only recently realised they are seeing 5 gallon Coopers kits (having no idea what 23 litres is) and are brewing it to the lesser 5 US gallons rather than the correct (and civilised) 5 Imperial gallons.
It confuses the hell out of me. I'm wondering why kits I brew have less ABV than the videos I see on YouTube and have only recently realised they are seeing 5 gallon Coopers kits (having no idea what 23 litres is) and are brewing it to the lesser 5 US gallons rather than the correct (and civilised) 5 Imperial gallons.
woozy said:Well, I'm all for bashing the ugly arrogant american. But you do realize that every country using the imperial gallon switched to metric over 40 years ago, don't you? Thus is you ever see any modern publication that uses gallons you pretty much have to assume it is a publication using american statute measures as american statute measures are the only system that still use gallons at all.
To presume "well, obviously as the american statute system of measures is barbaric, I will assume this book is using our method forty years out of date, despite that the publication is clearly american" just shows that you brits, when you put mind to it, can out-ugly and out-arrogant us with one lobe tied behind your brains.
jbaysurfer said:Yeah, lets settle down with the "civilised" comments already. Once is funny twice is stupid, 3 times is a spanking.
If the whole world is doing something one way and you think it should be done another...don't assume the world is going to fall in line...if you want to get anything accomplished anyway.
Also... hoping it doesn't solely focus on all grain.
Yeah, lets settle down with the "civilised" comments already. Once is funny twice is stupid, 3 times is a spanking.
You might want to lighten up, mate.
We can think in Imperial and metric.
I suppose it just shows our superiority to the rest of the world
What's four times? A poke in the eye with a sharp stick?
We've all had our fun. We've made fun of the ugly arrogant american (once; which is just enough to be funny) and at the self-righteous, smug but archiac and inneffectual brit (four times which is three times too many). And we've determined that the book in question uses US statute measures.
Time to move on.
woozy said:What's four times? A poke in the eye with a sharp stick?
We've all had our fun. We've made fun of the ugly arrogant american (once; which is just enough to be funny) and at the self-righteous, smug but archiac and inneffectual brit (four times which is three times too many). And we've determined that the book in question uses US statute measures.
Time to move on.
You're the one who keeps taking a joke the wrong way, soft lad. That is why I said relax.
If I wanted to troll your jingoism I would have said something like:
I think you'll find "civilized" nations abolished slavery many years before your own. Plus those nations didn't need a civil war to do it.
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