It’s completely appropriate that bartending is also known as the art and science of mixology. As a bartender, you need to know who to mix and measure not only a jigger, or shot, but how much to add when a recipe calls for a dash of bitters or how many bottles of wine to send out when a customer orders a jeroboam.
The following table shows standard and metric measurements for common and uncommon alcohol quantities:
| Measurement | Metric
Equivalent Standard Equivalent |
Measurement | Metric
Equivalent Standard Equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 dash | 0.9 ml. 1⁄32 oz. |
1 fifth | 755.2 ml. 25.6 oz. |
| 1 teaspoon | 3.7 ml. 1⁄8 oz. |
1 quart | 944.0 ml. 32 oz. |
| 1 tablespoon | 11.1 ml. 3⁄8 oz. |
1 imperial quart | 1.137 liter 38.4 oz. |
| 1 pony | 29.5 ml. 1 oz. |
Magnum | 1.534 liter 52 oz. |
| 1 jigger | 44.5 ml. 11⁄2 oz. |
1 half gallon | 1.894 liter 64 oz. |
| 1 miniature (nip) | 59.2 ml. 2 oz. |
Jeroboam (4 bottles of wine) | 3.078 liter 104 oz. |
| 1 wineglass | 119.0 ml. 4 oz. |
Tappit-hen | 3.788 liter 128 oz. |
| 1 split | 177.0 ml. 6 oz. |
1 gallon | 3.789 liter 128 oz. |
| 1 half pint | 257.0 ml. 8 oz. |
Rehoboam (6 bottles of wine) | 4.434 liter 150 oz. |
| 1 “pint” (1/2 of bottle of wine) | 375.2 ml. 12 oz. |
Methuselah (8 bottles of wine) | 5.912 liter 200 oz. |
| 1 tenth | 378.88 ml. 12.8 oz. |
Salmanazar (12 bottles of wine) | 8.868 liter 300 oz. |
| 1 pint | 472.0 ml. 16 oz. |
Balthazar (16 bottles of wine) | 11.829 liter 400 oz. |
| 1 “quart” (1 bottle wine) | 739.0 ml. 25 oz. |
Nebuchadnezzar (20 bottles of wine) | 14.780 liter 500 oz. |
