Packaging Yield Calculator: Cans, Bottles, Kegs per Batch

Packaging yield

Volume in the fermenter

Packaging loss

Trub, line fills, foaming, QC samples. 3 to 8 percent is common on small systems for beers that are not dry-hopped. Enter what your last batch showed.

Kegs to fill

Remainder into

Packaged volume

1900L

19.0 hL

Cans

33 cl

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44 cl

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50 cl

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12 oz

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16 oz

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19.2 oz

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Bottles

33 cl

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75 cl

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Kegs and casks

20 L

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30 L

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50 L

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1/6 bbl

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1/4 bbl

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1/2 bbl

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Firkin

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Kilderkin

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Cans

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Cases

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Kegged volume

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Left over

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Packaging chart

At 5 percent loss. Tap a row to load it into the calculator.

hL	Packaged L	33 cl	44 cl	12 oz	16 oz	30 L kegs	50 L kegs	1/2 bbl
5	475	1,439	1,079	1,338	1,003	15	9	8
10	950	2,878	2,159	2,676	2,007	31	19	16
15	1,425	4,318	3,238	4,015	3,011	47	28	24
20	1,900	5,757	4,318	5,353	4,015	63	38	32
25	2,375	7,196	5,397	6,692	5,019	79	47	40
30	2,850	8,636	6,477	8,030	6,023	95	57	48
35	3,325	10,075	7,556	9,369	7,026	110	66	56
40	3,800	11,515	8,636	10,707	8,030	126	76	64
45	4,275	12,954	9,715	12,046	9,034	142	85	72
50	4,750	14,393	10,795	13,384	10,038	158	95	80
60	5,700	17,272	12,954	16,061	12,046	190	114	97
70	6,650	20,151	15,113	18,738	14,053	221	133	113
80	7,600	23,030	17,272	21,415	16,061	253	152	129
90	8,550	25,909	19,431	24,092	18,069	285	171	145
100	9,500	28,787	21,590	26,769	20,077	316	190	161

Method

Packaged volume is the fermenter volume minus the loss you enter. Unit counts are rounded down; the leftover is shown, never hidden in a rounding. Constants: 1 US fluid ounce = 29.5735 mL, so 12 oz = 354.88 mL and 16 oz = 473.18 mL. US keg fractions are of a 31 gallon barrel: 1/2 bbl = 15.5 gal = 58.67 L, 1/4 bbl = 29.34 L, 1/6 bbl = 19.56 L. A firkin is 9 imperial gallons, 40.91 L; a kilderkin is 18, 81.83 L. Case sizes assumed: 24 for 33 cl, 12 oz and 16 oz; 12 for 44 cl and 50 cl; 6 for 75 cl and 19.2 oz. Fill volumes are nominal.

Questions

How many 44 cl cans in a 20 hL batch?

At 5 percent loss, 1,900 L packaged gives 4,318 cans of 44 cl, or 359 cases of 12 with 10 cans left over.

How many litres is a half barrel keg?

58.67 L. A US half barrel is 15.5 US gallons. A European 50 L keg is 15 percent smaller; the two are not interchangeable in a volume plan.

What packaging loss should I plan for?

On small systems, 3 to 8 percent between fermenter and package is common for beers that are not dry-hopped: trub, line purges, foaming at the filler, QC samples. Measure your own over three batches and use that number rather than a rule of thumb.

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