Wine barrels - Our artisan cooperaged "small" wooden kegs, oak casks and wine barrels are made from East European white oak, which oak staves are kiln dried, non charred and non toasted. Each small 1, 2 , 3 & 5 liter, liters oak wood barrel has four standard black steel rings ( or brass loops ) and are complete with wooden stand and bung, plug with an option of having either a wooden spigot or a brass tap. These functional 1, 2 , 3 & 5 litre, litres wooden wine barrels can hold and mature wine and can dispense wine, whiskey, port, brandy, sake or other liquors and do make a useful, decorative and original gift.
above - 1, 2, 4 and 5 liter oak small oak barrels, kegs and casks with brass rings and taps, wooden bung and stand.
Above - New Design - Model reference BM1-MWBR1 : A 1 liters barrel made from kiln dried East European Oak in natural wood finish and lacquer with 4 black painted steel rings. Each keg is supplied with an attractive wooden stand, bung and spigot or brass tap as required. This non charred, non toasted cask is ideal to store and serve wines, whiskey and other liquors. When enquiring please quote reference BM1-MWBR1.
Above - New Design - Model reference BM1-LWBK2 : A 2 liters barrel made from kiln dried East European Oak in natural wood finish and lacquer with 4 black painted steel rings. Each keg is supplied with an attractive wooden stand, bung and spigot or brass tap as required. This non charred, non toasted cask is ideal to store and serve wines, whiskey and other liquors. When enquiring please quote reference BM1-LWBK2.
To 'reduce' the tanning effect of our barrels, you should - 1. Fill the barrel with boiling water, let it cool and empty it - 2. Re-fill the barrel with cold water, let it settle at room temperature and re-empty - 3. You will observe that in the first few times, the drained water was dark, so, repeat and re-fill the barrel with cold water as many times as needed untill the drained water gets clear. Like this the oak tannins will be reduced and will have lower effect on the liquors that you would pour inside in future.
Should you wish to further lower the tannins level, repeat the cold water filling process a more times. Its important to note that it is quite possible for a new barrel to leak for a couple if days. This is quite normal and the above process would make the wood expand naturally and the barrel seals naturally besides lowering tannins levels. If you leave the barrel empty for a few weeks the wood would shrink again and the curing process (ie filling with cold water so the wood exapnds, barrel seals) must be re-done.
During the above process, DO NOT USE the bungs since these could easily get stained with the initial darker water.
Above - New Design - Model reference BM1-DWBR3 : A 3 liters barrel made from kiln dried East European Oak in natural wood finish and lacquer with 4 brass rings. Each keg is supplied with an attractive wooden stand, bung and spigot or brass tap as required. This non charred, non toasted cask is ideal to mature, hold and serve wines and other liquors. When enquiring please quote reference BM1-DWBR3.
Above - New Design - Model reference BM1-LWBK5 : A 5 liters barrel made from kiln dried East European Oak in natural wood finish and lacquer with 4 black painted steel rings. Each keg is supplied with an attractive wooden stand, bung and spigot or brass tap as required. This non charred, non toasted cask is ideal to store and serve wines, whiskey and other liquors. When enquiring please quote reference BM1-LWBK5.
