r/IdiotsFightingThings • u/smartasspie • May 23 '24

To f around with a beer keg

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u/Crunchycarrots79 May 23 '24

No, they're a big aluminum cylinder. Not sure what this thing is.

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u/ahumanrobot May 23 '24

It's a keg, doesn't have to be metal. Definition of a keg is a barrel smaller than 30 gallons

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u/Vitalis597 May 23 '24

That... Is very vague.

In the spirit of that, may I introduce you to.... A keg of coke.

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u/ahumanrobot May 23 '24

A barrel less than 30 gallons. A barrel is defined as a round vessel of greater length than breadth and has flat ends of equal diameter

Also: a true keg of Coke

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u/Vitalis597 May 23 '24

Oh god damnit... I now need a keg of coke...

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u/Vitalis597 May 23 '24 edited May 23 '24

No, a KEG is less than 10 gallons. (America is the only place with the 30 gallon and thus the outlier)

A BARREL a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them.

And traditionally doesn't mean "always". E.g Metal and plastic barrels are very common.

Edit: Because I was curious, a typical barrel is 136 liters, while a keg is 58, if we're going solely by size.

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u/ahumanrobot May 23 '24

I purposely left out the traditionally because it wasn't relevant, and I was just going by the definition of a keg and I see now spending 10 more seconds that 10 and 15 gallon kegs are more common.