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The smallest of the bunch a cornelius keg or corny holds 5. A keg in the us is a 1 2 barrel keg.

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For those who know only the small portions a keg is equivalent to 165 units of 12 oz.

How much does a keg serve. At 15 5 gallons of beer a keg translates to roughly 165 12oz the amount in a can servings of beer. The 1 4 keg also known as the pony keg contains 7 75 gallons and serves 82 12 ounce or 62 16 ounce beer. Other keg sizes are also available.

Quarter barrel this type of keg contains 7 75 gallons of beer or 82 units of 12 oz. If a barrel of beer is 31 gallons a keg would have 15 1 2 gallons 1 984 ounces of beer and a pony keg 1 4 barrel holds 7 5 gallons 960 ounces of beer. This also comes in two different forms which are the tall keg and the one that has the same girth but cuts the height in half.

Assuming that one person will have three servings of 12 ounces each one keg of beer can serve 55 people. If you are serving the beer in twelve ounce cups that would equal roughly 165 cups for a keg and 80 cups for a pony keg. Beers or 62 units of 16 oz.

These 5 gallon kegs are typically used by home brewers but you occasionally see a few breweries offering them for customers as well. That means you can have 40 people over and everyone will get at least four beers or eight. For breweries and restaurants that serve by the pint we ve also listed the number of 16 ounce pints each keg size can contain.

Half barrel keg size 1 2 bbl. A standard keg contains 15 5 u s. Gallons which yields 165 12 ounce servings or 124 16 ounce servings.

Beers or 124 units of 16oz. This contains 15 5 gallons of beer. Between half barrel kegs quarter barrel kegs and sixth barrel kegs we re breaking down the number of 12 ounce servings you can expect from each standard size keg.