Coopering

Barrel Care | Look after your barrels

April 3, 2019

Barrels are living, breathing entities so you always need to think of them as contracting and expanding as the oak capillaries pull in oxygen and pull out alcohol. A wet oak barrel interior without any sanitization will lead to headaches down the road. So Damien R. Matthews, CEO, at DRM.reCoop advises you to practice good…

The Craft of Coopering

January 29, 2018

Re-coopering is essentially a process used to remove all the neutral oak on the interior surface of a barrel, re-toasting, re-assembly and leak sealing to complete the process. Re-coopering a barrels costs one fifth the price of a new barrel, which typically costs $1000 – $1300CDN per 225L/228L barrel. It is a practice that has…