CHICAGO - John Laffler is nervous about making his mark on American brewing history. On a Thursday afternoon in mid-May, ...

Talk about oak in wine, and one might picture rows of barrels, each cask snuggled into the two below. Go on a winery tour, and you'll march past walls of barrel tops decorated with coopers' stylized ...

Discover the remarkable journey of PH1, a legendary oak barrel that has shaped the landscape of American wild beer for over ...

One of the most essential requirements in the bourbon-making process is aging it in charred oak barrels; otherwise, it does ...

There’s something about a barrel room in a winery. On the surface, it’s just a giant room filled with a bunch of identical wooden barrels stacked in rows. That alone can be an impressive sight, but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Freedman covers wine, spirits, food, and travel. This article is more than 9 years old. In May of 2015, Silver Oak, the ...

Crafted by artisans using high quality oak, "Made in France" wine barrels -- in which age some of the world's most expensive wines -- are selling like hot cakes abroad, with exports making up 70 ...

Berlin, Ohio, June 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celebrating two decades of innovation, artistry, and entrepreneurial grit, The Oak Barrel Company is marking its 20th anniversary as a business rooted ...

Oak (especially American white oak) is far and away the most common type of wood used for making whiskey. However, it is not the only type used. Occasionally, other woods such as maple, hickory, and a ...

With barrels, the first thing you have to know is what forest provided the oak. Forests in Burgundy, where it is warm, grow rapidly, and the trees have wide growth rings, for example, whereas in the ...

SALEM, Mo. — Standing on a wooded hillside in the Ozarks, about 100 miles southwest of St. Louis, Brad Boswell watches a chain-saw-wielding logger make several deft cuts at the base of a 100-foot ...