7.06.2005

Champagne at the Bit

I thought I knew what a Magnum of champagne was, but I was wrong. A Magnum actually means two bottles of champagne. Did you know there are other names for larger quantities?

Check these bad boys out
(Looks like someone robbed
the Bible for these names):

Magnum = 2 bottles
Jeroboam = 4 bottles
Rehoboam = 6 bottles
Methuselah = 8 bottles
Salmanazar = 12 bottles
Balthazar = 16 bottles
Nebuchadnezzar = 20 bottles

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7 Comments:

Blogger Worldgineer said...

It's better than 2 bottles of champagne, it's 2 bottles worth of champagne in one giant bottle!

Ok, I thought Magnum was some kind of gun or '80s detective show, but you and Google have set me straight.

6/7/05 15:31  
Blogger Worldgineer said...

Look, a picture. I really want to throw a party large enough to justify opening a Nebuchadnezzar.

6/7/05 15:36  
Blogger k_sra said...

I can't imagine what would justify the use of a Nebuchadnezzar, but I think this might help guide our Burning Man project for next year... Oh, yeah!

6/7/05 15:41  
Blogger Worldgineer said...

Perhaps a 3-story pyramid of champagne glasses?

6/7/05 15:59  
Blogger El Fid said...

How would you pour such a bottle? It would seem too frat-boy to use a siphon.

6/7/05 18:13  
Blogger Lukas Abrhm said...

i always wanted a reason to say Methuselah...and now i have it. that's swell. i thank you for that.

6/7/05 20:36  
Blogger Worldgineer said...

[fid] We'd need some kind of giant crane, shaped like a waitor's well manicured hand.

6/7/05 22:51  

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