"If you want to get adventurous, buy a small barrel aging kit and further age your ... In practice, it means your bourbon will absorb more oak flavors than you might expect or want -- at least ...

and small amount of oxygen to soften the wine during barrel maturation. Over the years, the only wood retained for wine vessels was oak, other types added undesirable flavors during aging.

"We are a small workshop that respects the essence ... The Spanish manufacturer Tonelería Herfe makes about 6,000 wooden barrels a year using a process combining handmade techniques with ...

With small scale innovation and the ability ... was finished for 14 months in barrels made of 300-year-old French Oak from the legendary Bercé Forest in the Loire Valley. This plot of giant ...

“We’re a small company, but we do a lot of distribution ... Kaufman’s great-grandfather, Eli Weiner, reconditioned wooden barrels for any product that could be packaged and shipped ...

But not just any barrel — a foudre. A foudre is a massive wooden vat that impacts and preserves the overall taste of the wine. Making a foudre starts with French oak, a tightly grained wood that ...

Pabst started experimenting with steel barrels in 1910, and by the 1930s they had become the industry standard. The materials ...