read about it at their website. biggest benefit in our opinion is the flexibility. you can make a barrel of any wood (or liquor) you want. just buy some wood, cut it into shape, and you've got a barrel of anything you can find. cedar, juniper, cherry, apple, etc. can also soak them in booze for whiskey, rum, tequila, etc. it definitely "wastes" way less booze. and unlike a traditional barrel that is now a whiskey barrel, you can just set aside the whiskey staves, and swap new ones. you're not stuck with one liquor. we also were able to do brett/wild beers and be confident the old beer wasnt going to take over/infect the new beer. just use new staves. or put them in oven at 200 for few hours. not to mention you control your own level of toast, char, etc. on the staves, or you can just buy replacements from squarrel.
fruited sours were easy as you can also use stainless scrubbies in the bottom to act as a strainer.
they hold 1.5bar pressure per manufacturer, although we never tried to carbonate in them, just enough to push out the beer.
this barrel has TC fittings: 1.5 outlet, and we upgraded with the 6" TC lid that has a prv, a 1.5 tc port, and a sanke stem if you wanna use as a keg. or remove the stem and its basically a 2" tc.
located in SF bay area. do some traveling into the valley a bit so possible to meet up as far south as fresno.
$500
comes with fresh set of oak medium toast/no char staves and new gaskets.
https://www.squarrelbarrels.com/the-barrel
fruited sours were easy as you can also use stainless scrubbies in the bottom to act as a strainer.
they hold 1.5bar pressure per manufacturer, although we never tried to carbonate in them, just enough to push out the beer.
this barrel has TC fittings: 1.5 outlet, and we upgraded with the 6" TC lid that has a prv, a 1.5 tc port, and a sanke stem if you wanna use as a keg. or remove the stem and its basically a 2" tc.
located in SF bay area. do some traveling into the valley a bit so possible to meet up as far south as fresno.
$500
comes with fresh set of oak medium toast/no char staves and new gaskets.
https://www.squarrelbarrels.com/the-barrel