Beer Barrel Sizes
When is a beer barrel not a beer barrel? Well, actually there are a
few types of beer barrel and only one of them is referred to as an
actual barrel! Each has it's own name and holds different amounts of
beer, ale or wine. The names for barrels were believed to have
designated way back in 1454.
At BeerBarrels2u, our beer barrels come as polypins.
Barrel Name
|
Size (Gallons)
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Pin or Polypin |
4.5 |
Firkin |
9 |
Kilderkin |
18 |
Barrel |
36 |
Hogshead |
54 |
Butt |
108 |
Tun |
216 |
A UK beer barrels is different to the US version, the US barrel
being smaller because of tax reasons.
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