Wine Asylum

Posted by triodesteve (A) on February 11, 2009 at 15:31:22

In Reply to: RE: Interesting. posted by jimbill on February 10, 2009 at 16:28:44

There are companies that do such things...I think I remember seeing a company that uses soda (baking soda) blasting to remove a little bit of wood and there is someone who uses a jig and a planar to remove some of the inside of the barrel. But then the barrel would have to be re-toasted...and to my mind that's the most important part of barrel making.
There are also companies that insert new staves into used barrels.....I find them quite strong and overpowering so I don't use them.