English wine cask units the mediæval French and Italian "botte") or pipe was half a tun, or 1008 pints. Tradition has it that George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV of England, was drowned in a butt of malmsey on 18 February 1478. (However, Josephine Tey in "The Daughter of Time" suggests that "drowned in a butt of malmsey" means rather that George, Duke of Clarence, drank himself to death rather than literally drowning in a container of wine.) In Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado", the narrator claims he has received "a pipe of what passes for Amontillado".
Gizz Butt Gizz Butt Gizz Butt (born Graham Anthony Butt; 3 August 1966 in Manchester, England) is a British musician, best known for being the live guitarist for the band The Prodigy in the late 1990s . His own band Janus Stark from the same era, enjoyed a minor hit with the song "Every Little Thing Counts" from the album "The Great Adventure Cigar" Butt acquired the nickname "Gizz" from the character of 'Gizzard Puke' who appeared on "The Kenny Everett Show". Coming from a musical background, Butt began playing the guitar at the age of eleven, taking lessons with a jazz