The Firkin Brewery was a chain of pubs in the United Kingdom. Also in 1979 David Bruce established the first "Firkin" brewpub. They named it the "Font & Firkin", and installed a microbrewery on site. A firkin is also a British unit for the sale of beer. The show was produced by Verity Lambert, Rex Firkin was the executive producer. A pin is equal to half a firkin (). This unit is much smaller than the wine firkin. A firkin was a British unit for the sale of butter and cheese. The chain took its name from the firkin, an old English unit of volume. It was bought out in the 1990s by the Firkin chain. A wine firkin is much larger&colon; 1 wine firkin = 70 imperial gallons. A firkin is an American unit of dry measure. Regular strips in "Myrkky" included "Myyntimies Mynttinen", "Pera Pervo" and "Firkin the Cat". A firkin is a unit of volume or mass used in several situations.