A Balthazar for sharing

Balthazar the daddy of the champagne bottles

This is one of my favourites it also has a memory attached to make it even more personl… It came as a complete suprise in the middle of a F & B (food and beverage) class whilst I was at college.

There was a “very big” bottle of Champagne on the desk of the tutor. I remember thinking, that would cost an arm and a leg if you were to buy a bottle that big. It was the kind of size that you see only in the high and wine bars or in a shop window which just are there purely for display. I don’t believe anyone would be buying that to consume but of course your free to prove me wrong.

I must admit to have been dozing a little, as upon hearing ‘Balthazar’ I almost jumped out of the desk and shouted out yes sir.. my colleges taking great at my dispense as I heard the echoing of laughter around me. But of course Mr Hockley my tutor was talking about another Balthazar.

Balthazar, a 12 litre champagne or wine bottle which is equivalent to 16 regular bottles

Actually when you look at it Balthazar is the “baby in a big bottle world”

Balthazar	Equivalent in bottles	16		Equivalent in litres	12.0
Nebuchadnezzar	Equivalent in bottles	20		Equivalent in litres	15.0
Melchior	Equivalent in bottles	24		Equivalent in litres	18.0
Solomon	Equivalent in bottles	26⅔		Equivalent in litres	20.0
Sovereign	Equivalent in bottles	33⅓		Equivalent in litres	25.0
Primat	Equivalent in bottles	36		Equivalent in litres	27.0
Melchizedek	Equivalent in bottles	40		Equivalent in litres	30.0

Seems like who named them was a bible reader too!

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