What is the weigh of draft beer?

Aug 20, 2004 20 Replies

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Pointer vociferated:

}What is the weigh per gallon or ounce of draft beer? I'm dealing with }Bud Draft and Bud Light Draft. } }

I see that nobody actually answered your question, so...

Bud/Bud Light and beers of similar ilk weight about 8-1/3 pounds per US gallon (128 fl. oz). That's about 130 lbs. per keg (15.5 gallon half-barrel).

Higher gravity beers will weigh a little more, but not an extremely significant amount -- maybe 5-10% for a really dense barleywine.

The keg itself weighs between 10 and 20 pounds, typically, depending on the style of keg, so when you sling that half od Bud Light around you're looking at hefting somewhere in the neighborhood of 140-150 lbs.

HTH. ;-)

Dr H

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