Hello all,
I have a question that may seem silly to those who know what they are doing concerning barrel ageing but I could use some help.
I wanted to age a batch this year with a real barrel and not just the chips but they are not easily available where I am. So I decided I would build my own. But then I did some research and realized that would be incredibly hard.
Then I thought i could probably build a square one, but then I did some more research and apparently square ones dont work.
I had pretty much given up on the idea and was just going to get some chunks but then I got to talking to a lad at work about it and he came up with this idea. He suggested to get a good and dried log and cut it into rounds, hollow out the center of it and char it, fill it up and seal the top off. I was a little iffy about the idea but he figures as long as it was aged well it should work. Anybody have any idea if this could work at all? If so its pretty doable and I could experiment with different woods like maple or apple.
Anyhow any info would be awesome
I have a question that may seem silly to those who know what they are doing concerning barrel ageing but I could use some help.
I wanted to age a batch this year with a real barrel and not just the chips but they are not easily available where I am. So I decided I would build my own. But then I did some research and realized that would be incredibly hard.
Then I thought i could probably build a square one, but then I did some more research and apparently square ones dont work.
I had pretty much given up on the idea and was just going to get some chunks but then I got to talking to a lad at work about it and he came up with this idea. He suggested to get a good and dried log and cut it into rounds, hollow out the center of it and char it, fill it up and seal the top off. I was a little iffy about the idea but he figures as long as it was aged well it should work. Anybody have any idea if this could work at all? If so its pretty doable and I could experiment with different woods like maple or apple.
Anyhow any info would be awesome
