Oak Barrels for Brewing, Souring, Distilling and Ageing/Re-Use

Delivery prices of barrels 55 Gallons and under starts at £25 to mainland England and Wales and £55 to mainland Scotland addresses. Delivery of 120 Gallon Barrels is free. Highlands and Islands will receive a surcharge to cover increased shipping costs.

Please allow between 1 and 2 weeks for delivery.

• Watertight, solid oak barrels
• Ideal for distilling, brewing, ageing or souring alcohol
• Steel bands are pinned to ensure structural strength
• Personalised laser engraving available on lid of wine barrels only (30cm width max - message for more info)
• 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.

Celtic Timber's wine barrels and whisky barrels are perfect for ageing, brewing and souring craft beers. Each barrel has its own story and history to add will add to the character and taste.

Each barrel bought from this listing for re-use will be tested to ensure that they are watertight and suitable for distilling drinks. We also check and pin all of the barrel's steels bands to ensure that they are all fixed securely in place. Bungs are fitted tightly prior to transport.

Please allow up to one week for delivery to allow for this testing process.

James Godman, Head Brewer, Wilderness Brewery:

“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.

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”.

Approximate Dimensions:

• Wine Barrels – Height – 950mm, Belly Diameter – 680mm , Top Diameter – 570mm Capacity – 55 gallon/225 litres
• 40 Gallon Oak Whisky Barrel: Height – 880mm, Belly Diameter – 630mm
• 55 Gallon Traditional Hogshead Oak Whisky Barrel: Height – 1020mm Belly diameter – 755mm
• 120 Gallon (Dumpy) Puncheon Whisky barrel – Height – 1110mm, Belly Diameter – 950mm, Top Diameter – 765mm. Weight 130kg
• 120 Gallon (Tall) Butt Oak Whisky Barrel: Height – 1320mm, Belly diameter – 920mm, End diameter – 675mm

Re-Coopered Barrels:

Professionally Ro Coopered Solid Oak Barrels for Use in Distilling / Alcohol making

IMPORTANT – bands are not galvanised so may rust when we water test the barrels prior to dispatch.

20L Height - 450mm - Belly Diameter - 335mm - Top Diameter 280mm
30L Height - 505mm - Belly Diameter - 385mm - Top Diameter 325mm
50L Height - 635mm - Belly Diameter - 405mm - Top Diameter 330mm
100L Height - 790mm - Belly Diameter - 510mm - Top Diameter 410mm

These barrels are remade from Ex-Bourbon / Scottish Whiskey casks.

The insides of the barrels have been reshaved back to fresh oak.

The outsides of the barrels have been partly sanded and new steel bands have been fitted to give a great-looking barrel (please note bands will rust if exposed to water for a long period of time or if the barrels are left outside). The top and bottom bands stick slightly past the heads of the barrels.

Supplied with cork centre bungs.

Suitable for use in all Distilling, Brewing and ageing of alcohol and spirits as well as decoration use.

Barrels should not be left to dry out as shrinkage will occur which will cause leakage. Beeswax can be used to plug gaps while they reseal temporarily.