A Balthazar for sharing
May 20th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
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!