Possible Clues:

• Large cask holding 54 gallons of beer
• A lot of wine that's often put into trough
• 63 gallons
• British capacity unit
• Like a pig, eats froth on barrel
• The top of the beast - that's where the liquor is
• If you had this you could hold your drink, but still make a pig of yourself
• H is for alcoholic capacity
• How much has Hodge wasted?
• Monopolises the principal, providing a lot of booze