PARK RAPIDS, Minn. - The ancient craft of barrel making is about to experience an evolution. A master cooper in Park Rapids has engineered a reusable, customizable, square-shaped barrel for beer, wine ...

Strange as it may sound, the best thing about Goose Island’s forthcoming Scotch ale aged in bourbon barrels is that it tastes like beer. It doesn’t taste like licking the inside of a bourbon barrel.

“There’s a discrepancy between coopers and distillers of how much flavor comes from the barrel and how much comes from the actual distilling process,” says Adirondack Barrel Cooperage co-owner Joe ...

Editor’s note: First of a two-part series. “The cooper’s work was not a minor thing in daily life. Wines, liquors, ciders, and beers were all held and aged in casks, and to some extent, they still are ...

Ger Buckley is a fifth-generation cooper who makes Jameson’s whiskey barrels. If you’re a fan of whiskey, you’ve also got a deep investment in barrels, whether you know it or not. It might sound ...

ST. HELENA — The spirit of the Old World’s vintners is alive in the Napa Valley, as a master barrel artist brings decades of experience from Bordeaux to a local French luxury winemaker. Alban Trouvé ...