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goingforgold | 16:25 Sun 20th Jan 2019 | Crosswords
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9a Small cask (3) P-N
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Foorak have you ever seen this question and answer before?
I don’t think so - why do you ask?
Old measures often crop up in both GK and Cryptic puzzles.

this one from 2016 eg

14d Drink small cask of beer before end of night (4) ?I?T

Is in PINT, Pin (small cask) + T (end of night)?
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Sorry, meant Toorak
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It is just I have never seen PIN in this context before, but thank you do much. Mamyalynne has thrown some light it. You learn something new every day !!!
More info here, they are handy things to know for puzzlers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_brewery_cask_units#Pin
I didn’t know it for certain but I googled pin and cask because it was at the back of my mind that i had come across a pin cask

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