Lawrence Brewers Guild

What is the volume of 1 bbl of beer? Confusing

Are you talking 31 gallons (at least here in the us)?

There is an imperial measurement too, but that is on the other side of the pond.

just remember that a standard U.S. Sanke keg is 15.5 gallons, which is a 1/2 bbl.

Thanks Bill and Jensen!

31 gallons works for me.

There are three main measurements of what a "barrel" is:

Imperial = 36 gal
Us = 32 (31.678)
Old style = 34

So it depends on the source you are reading. In the 1800's a barrel was defined as 36 gallons...


Good link on all this stuff...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel


Jason

Yep, that is the link that got me confused.

I thought 31 gallon was current.

Thanks.