Cases of cans to barrels
A case here is 24 cans. 24 x 12 oz = 288 oz = 2.25 US gallons, so one case is 0.0726 barrel and 13.7778 cases make a barrel. 24 x 16 oz = 384 oz = 3 gallons, so 10.3333 of those cases make a barrel.
100 cases, 24 x 12 oz cans = 7.2581 US beer barrels (31 gal)
| US gallons | 225 |
| US beer barrels (31 gal) | 7.2581 |
| Liters | 851.72 |
| Cases, 24 x 12 oz | 100 |
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Cases to barrels table
| Cases | Barrels, 24 x 12 oz | Barrels, 24 x 16 oz |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.0726 | 0.0968 |
| 10 | 0.7258 | 0.9677 |
| 14 | 1.0161 | 1.3548 |
| 25 | 1.8145 | 2.4194 |
| 50 | 3.629 | 4.8387 |
| 100 | 7.2581 | 9.6774 |
| 250 | 18.1452 | 24.1935 |
| 500 | 36.2903 | 48.3871 |
| 1,000 | 72.5806 | 96.7742 |
| 2,500 | 181.4516 | 241.9355 |
| 5,000 | 362.9032 | 483.871 |
| 10,000 | 725.8065 | 967.7419 |
Formula
12 oz cases: barrels = cases x 288 / 3,968. 16 oz cases:
barrels = cases x 384 / 3,968. 3,968 is the ounces in a 31 gallon barrel. Count only full cases you
removed; partial cases and loose cans convert the same way by ounces.
The other direction
Going from a batch to the number of cases it fills? Use barrels to cases.
Questions
How many cases of 12 oz cans are in a barrel?
13.7778 cases of 24 x 12 oz (3,968 oz / 288 oz).
How many barrels is 1,000 cases of 16 oz cans?
1,000 x 3 gallons = 3,000 gallons = 96.7742 US beer barrels.