Hypothetical question

[ian]

Ian they come in 9 ( if they let you have them ) 18 or 36 gallon barrels.

Does OBB come in 11 gallon barrels?

Thankyou passedit.  Where did I get 11 gallons from I wonder?

Would I be right in thinking that only the busy city pubs will get OBB in the 36 gallon barrels.

[CP]

Thankyou passedit.  Where did I get 11 gallons from I wonder?

I've heard half hectoliter kegs/casks referred to as "elevens" presumably to keep an easily understood comparision with "nines" (firkins) and "eighteens" (Kilderkins).

S&N used to use them so you may well be able to get John Smith in elevens, I'd be very surprised if SSOB has gone metric...

[DarkieBoy]

Everards use elevens and twenty-twos, if I remember correctly.

DB.

[passedit]

Ian i,ve had a town pub and a village pub and had 36 gallon barrels in both which included wooden 36 casks,if you sell enough you will get 36,s regardless where you are.

[OnTheDrink]

The vast majority of keg beer from most breweries comes in 11 or 22 gallon kegs.   Casks for trad beer have never caught on in those sizes so are always, with few exceptions, based on the traditional measures of 9, 18, 36 and even 54 for some breweries such as Joseph Holt.  The relatively smaller sizes are better for selling the contents of individual containers in as short a time as possible.

I've never seen a Sam Smiths 9 gallon cask and I doubt the cooperage would bother making or repairing them so if you don't sell enough cask OBB to justify 18s then it doesn't go in.

[passedit]

I too have never seen them in pubs only in the training centre and cellar bar at the brewery.

[OldBreweryDrinker]

I too have not seen them in SS pubs. If they don't sell enough OBB they get the keg version, so it appears

[Saucy Queen]

I know of three SS pubs using 9's. One has to have less than 36's as the cellar entrance is too small for a 36.

[passedit]

Iwould have thought 18,s would be used if the entrance was too small for 36.s

[Saucy Queen]

They use 18's as well as 9's, apparently it depends on how much they go through a week.

[OldBreweryDrinker]

Do know a pub that has a small cellar entrance and gets smaller barrels, but didn't think they would run 9s. If busy then they would be changing them pretty often. Suppose if they don't fit then they have to use what does.