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 ...

As craft distilling grows nationwide — in many ways mirroring the rise of craft brewing a decade ago — demand is creeping back up for the time-honored art of cooperage, or barrel-making.

However when Brown-Forman closes its Louisville cooperage, which the company said would be no later than April 25, it would start to source barrels from an "external supplier to ensure a steady ...

But Silver Oak Winery, located in California’s iconic Napa Valley and Alexander Valley, gets its barrels from a town of about 600 people in mid-Missouri. The Oak Cooperage in Higbee manufactures ...

But Silver Oak Winery, located in California’s iconic Napa Valley and Alexander Valley, gets its barrels from a town of about 600 people in mid-Missouri. The Oak Cooperage in Higbee manufactures about ...