Beer Barrel Conversion Calculator

What is a Beer Barrel?

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Joe Sexton

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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.