A half a Gill, on The Rocks...

[gizamo]

Found this early 1/2 Gill cup recently. British hallmarked and marked to the measure. Late 18th century to early 19th. Gill is also used as a ration measure for Rum... So two of these cups would be a ration.

If the Captains were generous, you might get a extra ration..

And some folks here wonder why I love Reenacting. ...

Giz

 

[Muley Gil]

"A half a Gill, on The Rocks..."

Don't know about that now......

 

[Alpo]

So, that would be a British half-gill? That would be 2 1/2 Imperial ounces, which is 71 ml, while an American half-gill is 2 US ounces, or 59 ml?

 

[rimfired]

Caught a fish once with half a gill.
Canadian, go figure.......

 

[mjr]

Gill is also used as a ration measure for Rum... So two of these cups would be a ration.

If the Captains were generous, you might get a extra ration..

So, that would be a British half-gill? That would be 2 1/2 Imperial ounces, which is 71 ml,

So if the Captains were generous, you might get TEN imperial ounces of rum? Wow. I'm barely functional after four U.S. ounces of the good old demon.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

My understanding is that the rum used in these colonies was about 15% to 17% (30-35proof). The main reason was the vitimen C, which is still pretty good at low proof. Our troops used 5 parts water, 1 part rum, part sugar (brown or raw) in their canteens (small casks or flasks) in the revolution. That would be around 2.5-3 %, while a little sticky for cleaning wounds, it would be very refreshing and doutful if it would be intoxicating.

 

[gizamo]

I love this place...really is cool to see the grey matter accumulated here!

Giz