how many cases in a keg?
Matthew Clark
yesterday and couldn't find it anywhere I looked. Anyone know
approximately how many cases are in a keg? Or how many cases are in a
quarter barrel?
Thanks,
-Matt
Joel Plutchak
Depends on how many bottles are in your case, how much
liquid those bottles each hold, what size your keg is, etc.
Any dictionary worth looking at, including the one online
at <http://www.m-w.com/>, will tell you the capacity of a
barrel of beer, at least if you're talking volume in the
USA. The rest you can calculate based on your other
parameters.
(Probable answer? A few bottles short of 7. That's
based on a 24 12-oz case size and a US 1/2-barrel. Personally,
I'd buy something like Paulaner Maerzen, which in my market
comes in a case of 12 1/2-liter bottles, and probably in
something like a 50-liter keg, so the answer would be
8 cases plus 4 bottles. Simple, eh?)
--
Joel Plutchak
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die kannst du vergessen/ich hab' es auch getan" - 12305(te) Nacht, EN
Mad Dog
15.5 gal = 1/2 keg
Look on a keg. It's (usually, if not always?) stamped on the metal.
"Matthew Clark" <qa2...@email.mot.com> wrote in message
news:3A115BD1...@email.mot.com...
> I spent about two hours looking for the answer to this question
> yesterday and couldn't find it anywhere I looked. Anyone know
> approximately how many cases are in a keg? Or how many cases are in a
> quarter barrel?
>
> Thanks,
> -Matt
>
Frank in Austin
One 'regular' case has 24-12oz bottles in it.
Around 7, I reckon, but then I always hated math.
Owenbrau
>Look on a keg. It's (usually, if not always?) stamped on the metal.
In the US, it is required, along with the Brewery name and location.
Owen
"May be going to Hell in a bucket,
but at least I'm enjoying the ride..."
Dr H
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Frank in Austin wrote:
}One 15.5 gallon keg has 165 12oz beers in it.
}One 'regular' case has 24-12oz bottles in it.
}Around 7, I reckon, but then I always hated math.
6.89, if you want to be picky. ;-)
Dr H
Dr H
On 14 Nov 2000, Joel Plutchak wrote:
}In article <3A115BD1...@email.mot.com>,
}Matthew Clark <qa2...@email.mot.com> wrote:
}>I spent about two hours looking for the answer to this question
}>yesterday and couldn't find it anywhere I looked. Anyone know
}>approximately how many cases are in a keg? Or how many cases are in a
}>quarter barrel?
}
} Depends on how many bottles are in your case, how much
}liquid those bottles each hold, what size your keg is, etc.
} Any dictionary worth looking at, including the one online
}at <http://www.m-w.com/>, will tell you the capacity of a
}barrel of beer, at least if you're talking volume in the
}USA. The rest you can calculate based on your other
}parameters.
} (Probable answer? A few bottles short of 7. That's
}based on a 24 12-oz case size and a US 1/2-barrel. Personally,
}I'd buy something like Paulaner Maerzen, which in my market
}comes in a case of 12 1/2-liter bottles, and probably in
}something like a 50-liter keg, so the answer would be
}8 cases plus 4 bottles. Simple, eh?)
It used to be simple. In the US, for at least the last 40 years,
"case" generically meant 24-12oz bottles, and "keg" generically
meant a 15-1/2 US gallon half-barrel.
What with the new "short" cases of 20 bottles, 50+ variations in
bottle size, etc., it's anybody's guess now.
But "keg" still means 15-1/2 gallons to everyone I've asked recently.
Dr H
beefjerky
Matthew Clark wrote in message <3A115BD1...@email.mot.com>...
>I spent about two hours looking for the answer to this question
>yesterday and couldn't find it anywhere I looked. Anyone know
>approximately how many cases are in a keg? Or how many cases are in a
>quarter barrel?
>
>-Matt
>
A keg has (roughly) 15 1/2 gallon for a half barrel, and 7 1/2 gallon for a
quarter barrel.
There are 128 ounces in a gallon which means 1,984 ounces in a half barrel
and 960 ounces in a quarter barrel.
at 12 ounces per can there are 165.3 beers in a half barrel and 80 beers in
a quarter barrel
And, with 24 cans in a case there are 6.9 cases in a half barrel and 3.3
cases in a quarter barrel.
Beefjerky
Joel Plutchak
> But "keg" still means 15-1/2 gallons to everyone I've asked recently.
In the region I grew up in, the term "keg" was generic for
any large-capacity metal beer container, from what we called
a "pony keg" (which was less than a 1/4 barrel), up through
1/4-barrels and 1/2-barrels. Strangely enough, when we wanted
to specify something having a particular volume, we mentioned
the volume, e.g., a quarter-barrel.
--
Joel Plutchak
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