New Barrel

Since the first barrel has been taken out of service, I needed a replacement. I decided on another refurbished French oak barrel. This one is a 30 gal. medium toast from Barrel Builders in CA. It was advertised as a 2 yr. old barrel that was used for red wine. Their refurb process is similar to the recoop process except for the fact that they remove old interior wood using a router rather than planing. Also, they retoast using an oak fire, whereas recoop uses a gas burner. The staves seem to be slightly thicker that the recoop barrel. That might be a good thing. The cost was $285.00 plus $22.48 shipping equals $307.48 total.