What volume is a 'barrel'?

ColoradoXJ13 said:

Is it 36 gallons as one would guess? One always hears about the 'barrel' capacity of a brewery, and a recipe I am trying to clone was described by the brewer on basic brewing radio as having over a pound of late hops additions per barrel, that doesn't seem like a whole lot, 16oz=1lb, so that would make about 2.2oz of late hop additions for a 5-gallon batch, which doesn't seem like 'a lot'.

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Barrel -- A volume of 36 Imperial gallons (163.7 litres) which gives its name to a wooden or metal container holding that nominal volume of beer. However, the name "barrel" is often applied colloquially to other sizes of beer or cider container.

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wop31 said:

Actually to be completely correct:


imperial gallons is 1.20095 U.S. Gallons per Imp Gallon

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ajf said:

Actually, to really be completely correct:
1 Imperial gallon is 1.25 US gallons, so 36 Imperial gallons is 45 US gallons.
Also, a pint is a pound the world round is not correct, because in England, a pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter.

-a.

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wop31 said:

Interesting, Everything I found said it was 1.20095042 I would be interested in seeing your source, But Breweries do go by the 31 gallon barrel, at least the ones i have been too.

Cheers

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nabs478 said:

You guys really need to get involved with the metric system...so simple..

We have..

1L
Then 1kL = 1cubic metre or 1000L
Then 1ML = 1000 cubic metres or 1,000,000L

No imperial litres, US litres and australian Litres, a litre is a litre!

Also 1L of water at 25 degrees C weighs 1kg, instead of 1 US gallon weighing roughly 8.25 pounds...where is the logic?

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jfrizzell said:

Oh yeah? Well, how many furlongs in a fortnight?

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