If the barrel doesn’t already have holes in it where excess water can drain out quickly, drill a few in the bottom and in the sides close to the bottom. Quarter- to half-inch holes are big ...

This sweet treat proves vanilla and bourbon are a match made in heaven ... notes from the time it spends aging in charred oak barrels. Anything aged in oak, wine and bourbon alike, will take ...

Bourbon being poured from glass bottle into ... Almost all of them would be worth buying for a party. I made Ina Garten's 11-hour fried chicken. It was shockingly mess-free, and my family loved ...

Today, I have that “little bit different” for you! In this video tutorial, I will teach you how you can make a stunning Christmas "wreath” using an old picture frame and a couple of other simple ...

Even as at least one Kentucky bourbon maker is contracting ... ve been doing to try to keep up with demand and make more whiskey.” Empty barrels wait to be filled at Buffalo Trace Distillery ...

The key ingredient of Single Malt Whiskey is malted barley. But a few brands in America also make the beverage from rye. They are then aged for a minimum of three years in oak barrels for a smooth ...

The upcoming closure of Brown-Forman’s barrel making facility in Louisville ... white oak (used specifically for new bourbon barrels), staves, steel hoops, commercial equipment, and bungs ...

In short, cooperages only make the barrels bourbon ages in ... a cooper to master the skill of fitting the wood slats, called staves, together tightly for the barrels so that it has a strong ...

His father made him repeatedly practice selecting quality local cedar trees — ones over 80 years old, with dense growth rings — and shaving cedar planks to give them the necessary curves to form a ...