How much beer is in a keg?

How much beer is in a keg?

This is what most people know as “a keg,” but the half barrel name throws them off. One of these has 15.5 gallons of beer in it. That means you can get 165 12 oz. beers from it, or 124 16 oz.

How many 16oz beers are in a keg?

There are 40 16-ounce pints or 53 12-ounce cans or bottles in a full Cornelius keg. These kegs are better suited for bars that don’t serve a lot of beer or for catered events where you’ll expect 50 or fewer beers to be served.

What is a 6 barrel keg?

The sixth-barrel keg is the thinnest keg of all of the standard sizes and totals to 5.16 U.S. gallons (19.53 liters) in volume. Like the quarter-barrel, sixth-barrel kegs are often used for small-batch or limited edition brews or for taprooms that need to conserve horizontal space.

How many 14 ounce beers are in a keg?

Comparing Keg Sizes & Types:

	Capacity (gal / oz)	Cans / Bottles (12oz)
Mini Keg	1.32 / 169	14
Cornelius Keg	5.0 / 640	53
Sixth Barrel	5.16 / 661	56
Quarter Barrel	7.75 / 992	82

How many servings in a keg?

As a rough estimate, a full keg will hold about 165 12 oz. servings of beer (the amount in a standard beer bottle). A Cornelius keg will hold about 53 servings, and a pony keg will be in between with about 82 servings. Martha Stewart recommends calculating two beers per hour per guest.

How much beer does a keg hold?

In the US, where beer is a main food group (the other one being donuts, according to one scholar cited as H. Simpson), a keg can hold 58.66 liters of beer, or 15.5 US gallons. That’s the equivalent of a whopping 165.3 standard-size (12oz) US cans.

How many pints in a keg?

In Europe, a standard keg holds 50 litres of beer, or 13.2 US gallons (11 imperial gallons ). In pub parlance, that’s almost exactly 88 pints.

How many gallons is a half keg?

A keg, or half-barrel is a 15.5 U.S. gallon vessel. A quarter-barrel has a volume of 7.75 U.S. gallons. Generally a keg is a vessel smaller than a barrel; thus, it is 30 gallons or smaller.