Beer Barrel Conversion Calculator

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What Is a Beer Barrel?

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A beer barrel is a unit used to measure beer volume.

The beer barrel is a US customary unit of beer volume. Beer barrels can be abbreviated as bbl; for example, 1 beer barrel can be written as 1 bbl.

How Much Is a Beer Barrel?

The beer barrel is a standard unit of volume for importing beer in the US, equal to 3,968 fluid ounces. Kegs in the US are often sized in portions of the beer barrel such as the half-barrel keg or quarter-barrel keg.

How to Convert Beer Barrels

To convert beer barrels to another unit of beer volume, you need to multiply the value by a conversion factor. A conversion factor is a numerical value used to change the units of a measurement without changing the value.[1]

You can find the conversion factors for beer barrels in the conversion table below.

Then, multiply the beer volume measurement by the conversion factor to find the equivalent value in the desired unit of measurement.

beer barrels × conversion factor = result

You can also use a calculator, such as one of the converters below, for the conversion.

Beer Barrel Conversion Table

Common beer barrel values and equivalent imperial and metric beer volume measurements
beer barrels beers bombers cases forties gallons growlers half barrel kegs quarter barrel kegs liters fluid ounces pints quarts six packs
1 bbl 330.666667 180.363636 13.777778 99.2 31 gal 62 2 4 117.347844 l 3,968 fl oz 248 pt 124 qt 55.111111
2 bbl 661.333333 360.727273 27.555556 198.4 62 gal 124 4 8 234.695688 l 7,936 fl oz 496 pt 248 qt 110.222222
3 bbl 992 541.090909 41.333333 297.6 93 gal 186 6 12 352.043532 l 11,904 fl oz 744 pt 372 qt 165.333333
4 bbl 1,323 721.454545 55.111111 396.8 124 gal 248 8 16 469.391376 l 15,872 fl oz 992 pt 496 qt 220.444444
5 bbl 1,653 901.818182 68.888889 496 155 gal 310 10 20 586.73922 l 19,840 fl oz 1,240 pt 620 qt 275.555556
6 bbl 1,984 1,082 82.666667 595.2 186 gal 372 12 24 704.087065 l 23,808 fl oz 1,488 pt 744 qt 330.666667
7 bbl 2,315 1,263 96.444444 694.4 217 gal 434 14 28 821.434909 l 27,776 fl oz 1,736 pt 868 qt 385.777778
8 bbl 2,645 1,443 110.222222 793.6 248 gal 496 16 32 938.782753 l 31,744 fl oz 1,984 pt 992 qt 440.888889
9 bbl 2,976 1,623 124 892.8 279 gal 558 18 36 1,056 l 35,712 fl oz 2,232 pt 1,116 qt 496
10 bbl 3,307 1,804 137.777778 992 310 gal 620 20 40 1,173 l 39,680 fl oz 2,480 pt 1,240 qt 551.111111
11 bbl 3,637 1,984 151.555556 1,091 341 gal 682 22 44 1,291 l 43,648 fl oz 2,728 pt 1,364 qt 606.222222
12 bbl 3,968 2,164 165.333333 1,190 372 gal 744 24 48 1,408 l 47,616 fl oz 2,976 pt 1,488 qt 661.333333
13 bbl 4,299 2,345 179.111111 1,290 403 gal 806 26 52 1,526 l 51,584 fl oz 3,224 pt 1,612 qt 716.444444
14 bbl 4,629 2,525 192.888889 1,389 434 gal 868 28 56 1,643 l 55,552 fl oz 3,472 pt 1,736 qt 771.555556
15 bbl 4,960 2,705 206.666667 1,488 465 gal 930 30 60 1,760 l 59,520 fl oz 3,720 pt 1,860 qt 826.666667
16 bbl 5,291 2,886 220.444444 1,587 496 gal 992 32 64 1,878 l 63,488 fl oz 3,968 pt 1,984 qt 881.777778
17 bbl 5,621 3,066 234.222222 1,686 527 gal 1,054 34 68 1,995 l 67,456 fl oz 4,216 pt 2,108 qt 936.888889
18 bbl 5,952 3,247 248 1,786 558 gal 1,116 36 72 2,112 l 71,424 fl oz 4,464 pt 2,232 qt 992
19 bbl 6,283 3,427 261.777778 1,885 589 gal 1,178 38 76 2,230 l 75,392 fl oz 4,712 pt 2,356 qt 1,047
20 bbl 6,613 3,607 275.555556 1,984 620 gal 1,240 40 80 2,347 l 79,360 fl oz 4,960 pt 2,480 qt 1,102

Beer Barrel Conversion Calculators

You can also convert beer volume using one of our beer barrel converters below.

References

  1. National Institute of Standards & Technology, Unit Conversion, https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/metric-si/unit-conversion

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