Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Would old american oak wine barrels staves be ok for oaking/aging spirit? Just I noticed there cheap and local to me, would need to cut them down to useable size but you would get a lot of domino's or small chunks from a few staves lol.

As long as they haven’t been treated with a pesticide etc if repurposed for a garden bed or similar

I'll check first before getting them but they are selling them as wood for smoking food (might have to get some for my off-set smoker) so doubt they have been treated. They are always of avail around Mclaren vale and only $2/-$3 bucks a stave (not flat staves but the walls from decommissioned barrels).

Seen the barrels cheap enough too but it's going to take a crap load of stilling to fill a 300l one x_x

There's a bloke at williamstown ( Tubbies I think he's called) that makes port and whiskey barrels from wine barrels. He sells off cuts cheap as if your ever over that way.

Does anyone have a name/number for either of these ?
I'm interested in getting a a kilo or 2.

I've seen the fresh used barrels advertised for $100. I considered smashing them up for the oak, but thought that it's probably more that 1000x what i need

Mitcon wrote:I'll check first before getting them but they are selling them as wood for smoking food (might have to get some for my off-set smoker) so doubt they have been treated. They are always of avail around Mclaren vale and only $2/-$3 bucks a stave (not flat staves but the walls from decommissioned barrels).

Seen the barrels cheap enough too but it's going to take a crap load of stilling to fill a 300l one x_x

woodduck wrote:There's a bloke at williamstown ( Tubbies I think he's called) that makes port and whiskey barrels from wine barrels. He sells off cuts cheap as if your ever over that way.

Just Google Tubbies their website comes up :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Awesome, tks