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Taps in, kegs out.
Tap count, weekly pints and keg size in — kegs per week, cooler inventory, and every Glastender direct draw cooler that holds your kegs, straight from the manufacturer's published capacities.
Kegs, counted — and the cooler that holds them
The keg count sizes the cooler; the tap count sizes the underbar. Glastender builds both — and their Designer tool lets you lay the whole bar out in the browser before a drawing exists.
Capacities from Glastender’s Direct Draw Keg Capacities guide and spec sheets (2026). Every keg size is 23" tall; a sixtel is 9-1/2" across, a quarter barrel 11-1/8", a half barrel 16-1/8".
Not just beer — wine and cold brew on tap
Glastender builds a dedicated direct draw cooler for each; neither uses the beer math above.
Wine Dispensing Cooler · C2FB36-WD — a 36" direct draw cooler with two temperature-controlled zones, reds at 60–65°F and whites at 50–55°F. Each zone holds two 1/6-barrel kegs under a two-tap tower, so four faucets and four kegs in one cabinet; stainless faucets and interior, regulator, manifold and tubing included. Industry math, not Glastender’s: a 1/6 barrel is about 26 bottles, roughly 132 five-ounce pours. Wine cooler sheet ↗
Coffee Dispensing Cooler · C1SB20-CD — a 20" cooler for 5-gallon ball-lock kegs, still or nitro cold brew, with a one- or two-faucet tower and stainless faucets and shanks. Glastender publishes no keg count for it, so size it with your rep. Coffee cooler sheet ↗
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Asked every week.
How many pints are in a keg?
A half-barrel keg is 15.5 gallons — 124 sixteen-ounce pints or about 165 twelve-ounce pours. A quarter barrel holds 62 pints and a sixtel 41.
How many kegs should a bar keep on hand?
The industry planning rule is roughly three kegs per tap — one tapped, one ready, one covering the delivery gap. A 12-tap bar plans cooler space for about 30 kegs, which is a walk-in conversation, not a reach-in one.
What does the tap count decide?
The underbar: drainage, glycol runs, glass storage, and the stations between towers. That layout is exactly what Glastender fabricates — and what their browser-based Designer tool lets you rough out yourself.
Which Glastender cooler fits my kegs?
One keg pours per tap, so the direct draw cooler has to hold the tap count in your keg size. Glastender publishes the capacity of every model: front serviced coolers run from the 32-inch C1FB32 (two sixtels) to the 108-inch C1FB108 (18 sixtels, 11 quarter barrels or 5 half barrels), side serviced from the 20-inch C1SB20 to the 48-inch C1SB48, and the KC72 is the dedicated 72-inch keg cooler with stainless keg racks. Backups and the delivery gap live in the walk-in, not the underbar.
Why can't some keg coolers take a half barrel?
A full size half barrel is 16 inches across, and Glastender's spec sheets require a 17-inch wide door opening for it. Models with 12-inch or 16-inch doors take sixtels and quarter barrels only — the door, not the box, is the limit.
A tool gets you close. A person gets it right.
Every number here is a starting point, not a quote. Your Zink specialist runs these questions for a living — and checking your math costs you nothing.