HELP is this barrel good for spirits?

[Boardy62]

Hi all I need some help I am pretty sure this us just a wine barrel tarted up,I am looking at it this arvo they have the cork for it my questions are;

How is the best way to work out what it has stored given that information is unknown to the owners?

If it has stored wine is it a prospect for storage or not?

Any advise would be appreciated
Lance

[rumdidlydum]

By the looks of it, it looks more of a display item than a usible barrel :-B

Look for loose bands, if they are really loose it has shrunk a fair bit and the bands may be hard to get sitting in the right place to seal it up.

Have a smell inside, if it smells mank it probably had some water for a long period of time, which would be a big downside. If it smells like wine or a spirit of some sort it should be good.

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[Boardy62]

It looks like just a display item no good for storage will keep looking :-B