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.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A cooper is a person who makes a barrel for a living. To make those barrels, you have to have trees — and to make sure there are trees for those barrels, one ...

The Louisville-based company will close the barrel-making operation Brown-Forman Cooperage by April 25, impacting about 210 hourly and salaried employees there as part of the workforce reduction.

there's a lot more people out there making barrels today.” Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Closing the cooperage was just one part of the Tuesday announcement of ...

210 JOBS AT THE BARREL MAKING FACTORY PROBABLY SUPPORTS ABOUT ... FEW MONTHS BEFORE OPERATIONS HERE AT THE BROWN, BROWN-FORMAN COOPERAGE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN. THE COMPANY TOLD ITS EMPLOYEES ...