Yes, a 5th in the context of how liquor is sold is a 1/5 of a gallon or 25.6 ounces. It is also 750ml, the most common reference. Any store that sells liquor will usually sell it only in the following metric based sizes: 50ml, 200ml, 375ml, 750ml, 1 liter (or 1,000ml), and the ever popular 1.75 liter bottle (usually the cheapest based on content quantity). While you can buy a quart of beer most anywhere, you're seldom if ever going to find a quart of liquor.
Wikipedia, who else, has the following guide related to beer, liquor, and wine measurements. The variations seem to come from a combination of the metric and imperial systems probably devised during a congressional or parliamentary committee meeting at a local pub a couple of hundred years ago. In today's world, if brought to the liberal's attention they would no doubt attempt to change it on the basis of income inequality and provide subsidies for those deemed to be at or below the poverty level or the 99%.
en.wikipedia.org
The most interesting of all is the beer measure known as a tun which is enough beer even for the most fervent beer drinker. That'd be you right? I see a new project on your agenda. :-)
Meanwhile, I'll stand by my 5th. |
