Oak Wine Barrel – 55 Gallon (225 Litres)

(38 customer reviews)

£79.99£219.99

Delivery is £25 to mainland England and Wales and £55 to mainland Scotland addresses. Highlands and Islands will receive a surcharge to cover increased shipping costs.

Current turnaround approx 3-5 working days.

Refurbished barrels: 1-2 weeks, this may increase with larger orders (8 or more barrels for example)

  • Solid oak wine barrels with Steel bands (pinned to ensure structural strength)
  • Popular for beer garden tables or decoration for your home or in bars/pubs.
  • We cannot guarantee these to be watertight, if you are looking for a watertight barrel for brewing/distilling, please see our bespoke listing – https://www.celtictimber.co.uk/product/reused-barrels-for-ageing-distilling/
  • Personalised laser engraving available on lid (300mm width max)
  • Engraving Any images need to be in JPEG/JPG format and work in pure black and white. The software that we use for engraving is unable to process colours or shades. The images can be sent in colour but darker colours will be converted to black and lighter colours to white.

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Description

Celtic Timber Wine Barrel Review

Our reclaimed used oak wine barrels are newly emptied and imported from Spain, France and Portugal from genuine vineyards.

Please ensure that you are ordering the right size (dimensions are in the description below) as the cost of return of barrels will be £60

Most of the wine barrels are between 5-10 years old and have been built and designed by professional coopers. Using traditional coopering techniques, solid oak for the staves and galvanised steel bands, these oak wine barrels are used to store and age some of Europe’s best red wines.

Due to the fine craftsmanship, materials and care put into the wine barrels, they are guaranteed to last years, making them perfect for use as tables for pubs/restaurants, barrel furniture, water butts, dog beds, and much more. They are also now available as refurbished wine barrels using our onsite barrel sander (Refurbished to order so please see lead times given)

All of Celtic Timber’s oak wine barrels have a capacity of approximately 55 gallons (225 Litres).

Click here to see our wine barrel water butt conversions.

We are able to laser engrave a message, image or logo on to the barrel end of Grade A or Grade B barrels (30cm width max – please message for more info).

Please note that these are reclaimed, used barrels and therefore there will be marks from transport, possible surface cracks in the wood and weathering to accompany the barrel’s character and red wine scent.

Surface crack example:

See approximate dimensions/weight below; Please note that barrel sizes can vary +/- 5cm, get in touch prior to ordering if size is critical i.e fitting through doorway etc

Height – 950mm, Belly Diameter – 680mm , Top Diameter – 570mm Capacity – 55 gallon/225 litres / 60kg

Due to these differences, it is worth considering which barrel will be more suitable for your intended use.

Grade B Wine Barrels may have galvanised silver steel bands or they may be painted black.

Please note when ordering 3 or more used barrels, or any quantity of unused barrels, these will be delivered on a pallet via haulier. This may require multiple people to help unload or somewhere safe for the order to be left; kerbside/on drive only. (The haulier will not be expected to position the order in a particular place ie around back of house or thru a passageway).

If you have any questions about this, please message us first before ordering. If we have to redeliver the pallet, a charge of £50 will be passed on to the customer.

4 Uses for Used Oak Wine Barrels

Our solid oak ex-wine barrels will often still have stamps and markers from their previous vineyards which helps maintain their character and charm. These are sourced directly from wineries/vineyards around the world and delivered to Celtic Timber normally within a week of being freshly emptied. The majority of the used oak wine barrels have contained red wine but occasionally used white wine oak barrels are available which are very popular for reuse with cider makers (more on this later).

The wine barrels are generally 225 litres in capacity between 2 and 6 years old and watertight. Because of their relative youth compared to other used barrels they are generally clean in appearance and have galvanised steel bands which do not rust.

1.Water Butts and Water Features

As our wine barrels are freshly emptied and newer than whiskey barrels, they are guaranteed to be watertight and therefore make excellent water butts. Our wine barrels have more character than the average plastic water butt.

2.Oak Wine Barrel Planters

The strength and durability of wine barrels make them perfect for shaping into planters of all shapes and sizes for plants, trees and vegetables.

3.Oak Wine Barrel Furniture

Wine barrels themselves and also their individual parts are extremely versatile. Their strong, thick bands and galvanised steel rings allow us to create a range of furniture.

We also offer a refurbishment service where our wine barrels can be sanded back to look like new and can be laser engraved with any company logo or wording on to the barrels. This makes them popular in retail and in bars with shops using them for a variety of displays and restaurants, pubs, deli’s etc using them as tables, props, marketing and displays with company logos engraved on to them.

4.Brewing

Our wine barrels and excellent for brewing, ageing and souring craft beers and will add to the character and taste.

Per James Godman, Head Brewer of Wilderness Brewery in Powys, North Wales (https://www.wildernessbrew.co.uk/):

“We’ve bought a selection of wine barrels from Celtic Timber over the last few months as we’re setting up a barrel ageing and souring programme at our brewery in Newtown, Powys.

Celtic Timber sells wine barrels and whiskey barrels for various uses with the barrels in a range of conditions. It’s important to me that they are watertight, so I also look for uniform and tight fitting staves. I generally soak the barrels in water when they arrive at the brewery, this helps the wood swell and prevent leaks.

We’ve been very happy with the barrels we’ve picked up so far.

Currently, we are using a bank of Bordeaux Red Wine barrels to sour some Belgian farmhouse style beers that we have inoculated with a range of microorganisms including Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus. Our next plan is to produce some ‘native’ sour beers by fermenting in barrels using wild yeast and bacteria collected in the local hills. We are also planning some ‘clean’ aged beers using whisky barrels, as spirit barrels are much less likely to come with their own resident microbes.”.

38 reviews for Oak Wine Barrel – 55 Gallon (225 Litres)

  1. Darren Stead (verified owner)

    The barrel is amazing and really finished off our dining room. The guys were great discussing the writing we wanted and in communicating the delivery date. Will be buying more.

  2. Robert Young (verified owner)

    Great communication, great product as described, will definitely use again

  3. Joanne (verified owner)

    As described so very happy with my barrel which I have now osmo oiled.

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  4. Verified Buyer (verified owner)

    Absolutely delighted with my wine barrel for my husband’s birthday. Jon was excellent with his service and the engraving is fantastic! Likewise with the other barrel that we ordered for our friend’s 60th! He is delighted with it! Such an unusual present but such a lovely one.

  5. Martin (verified owner)

    Excellent service from all the team, goods delivered in perfect condition and absolutely love the engraved logo of my favourite team on the top…thank you

  6. Mark H. (verified owner)

    Fantastic product – EXACTLY as advertised!

  7. David Palmer (verified owner)

    So happy with my purchase that I am going to order another wine barrel. Very quick delivery as well.

  8. Sam Cowan (verified owner)

    First Class Service

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