So he relied largely on claret, buying four hogsheads of 24 dozen bottles of Margaux and one hogshead of Lafite every three months. |
Tom finds him hiding in a hogshead behind the old slaughterhouse, and tries to get him to return to the Widow's home. |
Ageing by Limousin's oak casks with medium burn, in new barrels for 3 years and than in old barrels or hogshead in a damp cellar. |
When in hospital, chance had given him hogshead Geoffrey for bed-neighbour. |
The utmost of his generosity to Amhurst, that I ever heard of, was a hogshead of claret! |
Nog was a very strong kind of beer peculiar to East Anglia and a hogshead is about 60 gallons. |