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Drink Measurements

When mixing cocktails, it's important to use the exact amount for each ingredient as indicated in the original recipe. Not using exact ingredient amounts is the easiest way to ruin the taste of a drink.

Using the tables below, you can ensure that drinks will taste exactly as they're meant to.

Standard Units

	mililiters (ml.)	ounces (oz.)
dash	0.9	1/32
teaspoon	3.7	1/8
tablespoon	11.1	3/8
pony	29.5	1
jigger	44.5	1 1/2
wine glass	119	4
split	177	6
cup	257	8
miniature (nip)	59.2	2
half pint (US)	257	8
half pint (UK)	284	9.6
tenth	378.88	12.8
pint (US)	472	16
pint (UK)	568	19.3
fifth	755.2	25.6
quart	944	32
imperial quart	1137	38.4
half gallon (US)	1894	64
gallon (US)	3789	128

Wine & Champagne

	liters (l.)	ounces (oz.)
split (1/4 btl)	0.177	6
"pint" (1/2 btl)	0.3752	12
"quart" (1 btl)	0.739	25
magnum (2 btls)	1.478	52
jeroboam (4 btls)	2.956	104
tappit-hen	3.788	128
rehoboam (6 btls)	4.434
methuselah (8 btls)	5.912
salmanazar (12 btls)	8.868
balthazar (16 btls)	11.824
nebuchadnezzar (20 btls)	14.780
demijohn (4.9 gallons)	18.66

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