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British Imperial Beer Barrelage, Container and Bottle Sizes

The Standard Licensed trade Barrel is 36 gallons (288 pints).

The Cask Ale and Cask Bitter sizes are inter-changeable with Beer Keg sizes but the actual container is not inter-changeable. Traditional Cask Ale and Cask Bitter must be mounted on stillage, allowed to breath and settle.

Beer Kegs are for “Bright Beers” stand up right and normal are ready to serve and do not need to settle.

 

Cask Ale or Beer Keg	Capacity	Metric
Beer Butt [3 Barrels]	108 Gallons [864 Pints]	491 Litres
Hogshead [1 ½ barrels]	54 Gallons [432 Pints]	245.5 Litres
	22 Gallons [176 Pints]	100 Litres
Kilderkin [½ barrel]	18 Gallons [144 Pints]	81.8 Litres
	11 Gallons [72 Pints]	50 Litres
Firkin [¼ barrel]	9 Gallons [72 Pints]	41 Litres
The Pin [11/8 barrel]	4 ½ Gallons [36 Pints]	20.5 Litres
Gallon Jar	1 Gallon [8 Pints]	4.5 Litres
Demi John	½ Gallon [4 Pints]	2.3 Litres
Quart Beer Bottle	¼ Gallon [2 Pints]	1.1 Litres
Pint Beer Bottle	1 Pint	0.6 Litres
Half Pint Beer Bottle	½ pint	0.3 Litres
Bottle.	1/3 pint	0.2 Litres

The 11 gallon and 22 gallon Beer Keg container, which have an exact metric measure were developed for trade with Europe, when the cross pollination of culture due to increased foreign travel developed the market for imported lager. The third of a pint bottle is used for Barley Wine.