The Zink Field Kit · Nº 6
Behind the bar
Behind the bar
Keg math, settled.
The volumes bartenders argue about, in one place — and the cooler rule that keeps Saturday from running dry.
What a keg holds
Half barrel (15.5 gal)124 pints · 165 twelve-oz
Quarter barrel (7.75 gal)62 pints
Sixtel (5.16 gal)41 pints
50-liter import105 pints
The cooler rules
Kegs on hand per tap~3 — tapped, ready, delivery gap
A half barrel weighs~160 lb full — plan keg flow, not just keg room
Glasses per seat, per style2–3 — in use, in wash, on shelf
Weekly check: pints sold ÷ 124 = kegs per week. If that number is drifting up, the conversation is a bigger cooler before it's more taps — and both are underbar drawings.
zinkfsg.com/resources/draft-beer-planner/ — the keg planner, with your own numbersYour rep: · 800.492.7400