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A half barrel is normally indicating a wine barrel, as opposed to a crude oil barrel.

Europe, including the UK had multiple measurement systems but this one was standard throughout, for wine and beer. (beer volumes are now measured differently)

A wine barrel is 31.5 wine gallons, equal to the US standard gallon (this is where the US standard came from).

A gallon in this measurement system is 128 fluid ounces. A half barrel is 15 3/4 gallons. 15.75 x 128 = 2016 fl.oz.

By water weight this fluid ounce is 29.6 grams, an ounce weight is 28.35 grams

so by weight this 2016 fl.oz. would be 2104 and 7/8 ounces(or imperial fl. oz.).

An imperial barrel is 26 imperial gallons or 4160 ounces; a half barrel imperial is thus 2080 fl.oz. imperial.

A 50 liter keg on the other hand is equal to 1763.67 imperial fluid ounces, a keg usually refers to a half barrel in most systems, in the US system this would be 1689.2 fl. oz.

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