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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby BigRig » Sat Mar 25, 2023 9:43 am

hjubm2 wrote:... and this is why you have to make sure you sand the heads to the right size/angle... wanted to test how the wood swells so made this head a close fit, only went in about 1/3rd of the way itself before having to be pressed in....

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Damn.

Is the split from forcing it in or was that from swelling of the wood ?
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby hjubm2 » Sat Mar 25, 2023 10:00 am

Was from the swelling of the wood. No split when it was pushed in, wasn't an overly tight fit, only about 1mm larger then usual
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby hjubm2 » Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:10 pm

Day off today & the weathers average so shed day today. Decided theres no point having the barrels if I don't have a stand for them so designed up a stand & cut it out on the router...

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Went into my wood collection on Saturday & pulled out some more American & French oak fonds so will have to start cutting more heads out soon. Have half a dozen of each already cut out but another 25 or 30 barrels sounds good :laughing-rolling:

Getting the whole process sorted now, the barrels are coming out at a standard I'm quite happy with... I know your quite keen for a barrel Wellsy so let me know what you'd want & I'm sure we can work something out now that the process is sorted...
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby hjubm2 » Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:46 pm

Made a few more barrels last weekend. Medium toast french oak went to the local homebrew store who are stocking them to see how they sell & made another american oak with medium toast that will eventually be used for whiskey but first up it is getting conditioned with orange blossom honey for atleast 6 months... slowly heating up the honey atm so I can pour it in...

I'm also looking at 11L inserts now to make around 10L barrels. Might be a bit better size for the costs I think, especially when drink too much whiskey :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby ]Ned[ » Thu Jun 22, 2023 11:06 pm

Here’s my first go, using some used French oak wine staves redressed, toasted and charred. Pressed into a $10 Kmart pot, capacity is 6.5L. Waiting now on some seasoned American oak I’ve ordered.
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby bluc » Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:44 pm

Nice job ned had wondered about those very pots.. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby ]Ned[ » Fri Jun 23, 2023 7:22 pm

Thanks bouc, your toooo kind :text-lol: it look like shit, next one will be better. Need to fill this one first
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby hjubm2 » Fri Jun 23, 2023 7:31 pm

]Ned[ wrote:Thanks bouc, your toooo kind :text-lol: it look like shit, next one will be better. Need to fill this one first


Nah I agree with Bluc, looks good. Like the aged/used oak look. Have you tried filling it yet? Interested to know how it lasts long term. I see they have 15L ones so might be a good option for larger barrels... you say you redressed the staves, how did you do that? Plain them back to bare wood I'm guessing...?
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby ]Ned[ » Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:17 am

I used a belt sander to flatten the inside and take the old wine crap off, the squared off the ends with a table saw. Used our sandwich press to retoast then gave it a blowtorch.

Only filled with water to check the seal,so far, been waiting for my still to make rum to fill it.
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby bluc » Sat Jul 08, 2023 3:10 pm

It appears ben the original maker has passed away. Scroll down in link. Hope thats ok stig
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby hjubm2 » Sat Jul 08, 2023 3:34 pm

Saw that pop up on youtube the other day, sad to see. Just shows you never know when your times going to be up...
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby hjubm2 » Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:14 am

Had to order some more of the stainless inserts, been going through a few of them lately... ended up also ordering some bigger ones. Not sure how they will work out as they are a different shape at the top but think they should be alright... should give about 10L capacity instead of 6.5L

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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby Wellsy » Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:02 pm

I love the 6.5 litre one Hj
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby hjubm2 » Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:06 pm

Wellsy wrote:I love the 6.5 litre one Hj


That's great to hear! You got it filled up? I've had brandy in one for nearly 4 months now & it's going great, I should have started making these a lot sooner!
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby BigRig » Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:45 pm

Could this be done with a corny keg?
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby hjubm2 » Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:48 pm

BigRig wrote:Could this be done with a corny keg?


I have had this discussion with the local home brew store the other week, they wanted to cut a 50L key in half & turn it into a barrel... can't see why it's not possible assuming it's only single walled... otherwise might be a bit of a pain
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby Wellsy » Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:06 pm

why cut it in half ? :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby The Stig » Sat Jul 29, 2023 5:29 pm

Cut both ends off a Corny keg , double the oak :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby ]Ned[ » Sat Aug 05, 2023 4:44 pm

First barrel above was made watertight with heaps of wax but the rum at 63% still leaked so ripped the face back out and made a new one, this definitely was a tight for hopefully it doesn’t split, but got the laser engraver out to put some art on it, how long do you reckon I leave the water in to check for splitting before I risk my rum?
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Re: Bain Marie Oak Aging Barrels

Postby harold01 » Sat Aug 05, 2023 6:37 pm

good looking barrel, laser engraving is a winner idea
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