Over at that other Spectator, the one published in the U.K., one of their regular writers, Matthew Parris, recently published ...

What started as a small project with her husband in 2018 has grown into a full-fledged operation creating handcrafted items from bourbon barrels, including staves, lids, and other components.

And what the barrel is bringing is caramel, vanilla, baking spice." At Independent Stave, the largest maker of wooden barrels in the world, CEO Brad Boswell explained that toasting the inside of ...

The name IANVARIVS is scratched lengthwise on exterior of one stave, possibly the merchant or owner of the barrel. The barrel head and surrounding staves are made out of oak and it is relatively ...

As a barrel is being constructed, but before the heads at either end are added, the cooper (barrel maker) chars the inside edges of the staves. This final treatment imparts aromas of vanilla, spice ...