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Adding Beer Kegs

How to add a beer keg to your venue and add weights if using a freight/shipping scale during inventory.

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Written by Nick Neale
Updated over a year ago

Article Contents

  1. Introduction

  2. WISK Web Portal

  3. Mobile App

  4. Adding Weights to a Beer Keg

  5. Beer Keg Sizes

Introduction

In most cases, beer kegs won't have barcodes so you'll need to add them to your venue manually.

You can add beer kegs on both the WISK Web Portal and mobile app.

After adding a keg, If you have a freight/shipping scale and plan to weigh your partial kegs during inventory, you’ll need to add a full keg weight.

Note: Don't use the Bluetooth scale to weigh your kegs. The supported models of Bluetooth scales only have a max capacity of 11lbs (5000g) - 13lbs (6000g). Placing a keg on the Bluetooth scale may damage it. You can learn more about recommended keg scales here.

WISK Web Portal

  1. Click Items > Items on the left menu bar

    An arrow pointing at the "Items" menu button.

  2. Click "Create new item"

    The "Create new item" button is highlighted for emphasis.

Add Keg Details

  1. Enter the name of the Beer in the “Title” field, select a category, and assign a distributor (optional)

    The title, category, and distributor fields have all been filled in for the item.

  2. In the "Item Measurement" fields, enter the quantity and unit of measurement of the keg. In the example below, the keg is 50L. For a list of standard keg sizes, see here.

    An item measurement of 50L has been entered.

    Note: The item measurement of the keg should always be in a volume measurement. Do not create kegs with a weight-based measurement (pounds, etc.). You will be able to add a full and empty weight to the keg later.
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  3. At this time, you have filled out the required fields. You can add additional data (cost, weights, add a photo, etc.) by clicking into a field. When finished, click “Save”

    The "Save" button is highlighted for emphasis.

Note: For more information on adding full and empty keg weights, please see the “Adding Weights to a Beer Keg” section below.

Mobile App

  1. Tap the Items button on the bottom menu bar
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    An arrow pointing at the "Items" button on the bottom menu bar.

  2. Tap the “+” button on the top right of the screen

    An arrow pointing at the "+" button on the Items page of the mobile app.

  3. Tap “No Barcode”

    The "+" button has been tapped, and two options display: "With barcode" and "No barcode". An arrow points at "No barcode"


    ​Note: In the majority of cases, kegs won’t have a barcode and you’ll need to add the keg details manually.

Add Keg Details

  1. Enter the name of the keg in the “title” field, then tap “Item Measurement”

    The title of the new item has been added "Example Keg" and an arrow points at the "Item Measurement" field.

  2. Enter the quantity then tap “Item measurement"

    An arrow points at the "Item measurement" field.

  3. Tap a unit of measurement to assign it to the item. For beer kegs, you’ll most likely select Liter or Gallon

    A list of volume measurements. An arrow points at "Liter"

    Note: The item measurement of the keg should always be in a volume measurement. Do not create kegs with a weight-based measurement (pounds, etc.). You will be able to add a full and empty weight to the keg later.

  4. With the quantity and the unit of measurement set (in this example, 50L), tap "Done"

    The item's size has been set to 50 liters. The "Done" Button is highlighted for emphasis.

  5. Next tap "Category" and select Beer Keg.

  6. At this time, you have filled out the required fields. You can add additional data (cost, weights, add a photo, etc.) by tapping into a field. When finished, tap “Save”

    The "Save" button is highlighted for emphasis.

Note: For more information on adding full and empty keg weights, please see the section below.

Adding Weights to a Beer Keg

If you’re weighing your partial kegs when taking inventory, you must add at least a full weight for each type of keg that you have.

Adding an empty weight is optional, but will provide you a more accurate measurement of how much remains in the keg. You can learn more about the methods for inventorying your partial beer kegs, and adding weights here:

To add a weight to a keg, we recommend using the mobile app:

  1. On the “Add Item” or “Edit Item” screen, scroll down and tap the “Full Weights” field”

    The "Full weights" field is highlighted for emphasis.

  2. Tap the “Add Weight” button

    An arrow points at the "Add weight" button.

  3. Select the unit of measurement and enter the full weight of that keg. Then tap "Done".

    The weight has been entered as 63kg and the "Done" button is highlighted for emphasis.

    Note: No matter what unit you select, it converts the amount entered into grams. Grams is the baseline unit used for item weights
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  4. If you have multiple full kegs of the same type of beer, you can add more weights and it will create an average weight that is used during inventory. You can add another weight by tapping the “+” button. Otherwise, tap the back arrow
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    The weight of 63kg (63,000g) has been added. An arrow points at the back button.

  5. The full weights display. If you have empty kegs, you can tap “Empty Weights” and repeat the process. When finished, tap "Save"

    The full weight has been added and the "Save" button is highlighted for emphasis.

Note: You can add weights on the web, but they must be entered in grams at this time. Using the app saves you from having to convert the weight into grams manually.

Beer Keg Sizes

Beer kegs come in a variety of sizes, all with different naming conventions depending on the country.

This table of US Beer Keg sizes will help make sure you're entering the correct volume when adding kegs.

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