à Flannagáin
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I see this term now and again, usually talking about the amount of beer breweries put out. How much is a BBL and what does it stand for?
What's BBL?
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Glibbidy
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1 BBL = 31 gallons in the US or 36 Imperial gallons for those across the pond if you are talking beer.
BBL is an abbreviation for barrel.
BBL is an abbreviation for barrel.
Soulive
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Beer barrels. One BBL is 31 gallons of beer. The brewpub I help out at brews 10BBL batches...
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à Flannagáin
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Glibbidy said:
I thought was an abbreviation for barrel, but the two "B"s were throwing me off.
THanks Glib.
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à Flannagáin
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ahhhhh, Beer Barrel.. makes sense now.
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à Flannagáin
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Soulive21 said:
So 310 gallons at a time? How often do they brew?
Soulive
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Yeah 310 gallons roughly. They brew once, sometimes twice per week. Occasionally we brew 5BBL batches if we run out of a seasonal too early. Like for instance, we did 5BBLs of an ESB to transition from Oktoberfest to Wee Heavy. The Oktober was flying out of the serving tanks. I like to think its because I controlled the mash/sparge 
edit - 10BBLs is roughly 2834 pints!
edit - 10BBLs is roughly 2834 pints!
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à Flannagáin
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Soulive21 said:Yeah 310 gallons roughly. They brew once, sometimes twice per week. Occasionally we brew 5BBL batches if we run out of a seasonal too early. Like for instance, we did 5BBLs of an ESB to transition from Oktoberfest to Wee Heavy. The Oktober was flying out of the serving tanks. I like to think its because I controlled the mash/sparge
edit - 10BBLs is roughly 2834 pints!
that thar's a lotta pints.
Soulive
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Ó Flannagáin said:that thar's a lotta pints.
Yeah and depending on which brew it is, the batch can last from 6 weeks-4 months
eriktlupus
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or @ 150 cases of 12 oz bottlesSoulive21 said:
jdoiv
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eriktlupus said:
Which is 2.5 pallets going on the truck.
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à Flannagáin
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jdoiv said:
Which is 1 truck driving to the distributor.
ohiobrewtus
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mmmmmm, 10 BBL of beer. 
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