I so agree and have complained about music drowning out dialogue, many times.

It's a tough profession I've recently gained a lot of respect for. That used to be a major occupation! Crazy how the times change (just not for the wine or whiskey industry).

Even drinking out of them! Cheers!

Actually, it's not that difficult. Wood, even oak, is a fairly soft material; if there are any fit flaws somewhere, they will shrink when putting on the hoops. Also, in traditional technology, special leaves are used, laid between the boards; they also provide a tight seal due to crumpling. And finally, the wood swells with liquid, so first the barrel is prepared - steamed, or filled with water for several weeks, which causes the wood to swell and close all the cracks.

@@deadcxap755 Interesting. Thanks for the details

Yes, and using a gun to apply modern sealant. Then it's easy to be leak proof. I'm a bit disappointed with them to be honest @@deadcxap755

My friend, you are way too dismissive! And I believe wrong on a few points. If you pay close attention the stave widths are not at all uniform but just as all else in nature, random. Within a range of course, but it is quite remarkable to me that even with the help of some pretty cool machines (that have been developed to do nothing else than build barrels by the way!) that each cooper is able to build several barrels each day. And each of those barrels are held together only by the very specific and uniform bevel angle of each and every stave combined with the enormous pressure exerted when the galvanized steel hoops are pounded down around them. Only the two round headboards ever get any `flagging` or the dried and flattened reed from the cattail plant, not leaves. You may have also noticed a flour/water mixture being spread like grout into the groove ( the croze) which the head fits into. But other than some flour puddy, some water plant reeds and an occasional wooden dowel pins to keep the head boards stable, but these barrels are held together by an ancient woodworking complement of the stave bevel cut versus its specific elliptical pattern. That is the only thing besides a whole lot of human sweat energy holdingthese barrels tight. It's also amazing to me that although not the same thing as the golden mean, there is an important mathematical relationship at the heart of using barrels in the liquor business. The internal surface area of the barrel which will dictate the power of the oak influence on the beverage contained is based on square centimeters, while the volume of the liquid in the barrel is measured in units of milliliters cubed. This has the effect of causing different sized barrels to have rather drastically different effects on aging. These large puncheons are roughly double the size of the typical barrique style wine barrel. Some winemakers use these puncheons along with the smaller sized barrels but they are used much more frequently in the the much longer aging regime of ports and whiskys (Scottish not American) and maybe even some brandies. Bottom line is it IS difficult and there are several factors that make this task Amazing to me. Granted, I have spent 40 years now trying to figure out how to use these things to try and make delicious beverages (mostly wine) and although I've developed a lot of opinions, I realize that I don't really know much and I'm constantly surprised and or humbled when I open up and taste something that has been aged in one of these amazing containers!

Don’t anger the hoop mafia !!

After steam heating the wood must be allowed to cool of properly , otherwise it will spring back. They cut the groves for the bottom and top and install them afterwards,so the hoops has to go of to get these in to the grove. I think the removal and reinstalment of the hoops have something to do with coping with the wood drying an shrinking also. The general rule for oak steaming in boat building is one hour per 25 mm 1 " The baking time may vary depending on steam temp .... Oak is very nice to heat form (keeping it's new form very good )

​​@@perstaffanlundgren thank you for the technical insight. Knew there was a reason they don't appear to rush the job with full-on automation, just couldn't put my hand on it.

There are more efficient/modern methods of making barrels than shown in the video. There are several videos on UKposts showing different methods

The band's hold it together while it's been made. There's no nails in this job.

Old feller in Yorkshire still makes all by hand, no machines at all, theres a vid of him on here somewhere under handmade barrels, and yes the dimensions,angles and curves are a well kept secret, the piece of paper in the vid with the sizes etc is pixelled out lol

That's right. And the higher the ""Angels share""....the better and more valuable the all spirits become. Love to be an Angel🤣🤣🤣🤣 Cheers from Germany

I think that depending on the local water source used, the chemical composition will be slightly different.

I'm sure that with such mechanization, the skill to make them by hand is now a lost art. In 1986, I toured two of France's top vineyards, Chateau Pétrus and Chateau Cheval Blanc. At one of them (forget which), I saw two men HAND CRAFTING barrels. They had none of the machinery shown here. They used hand held 'draw shave' knives to taper the individual planks. They mostly used a fire with (presumably moist) wood planks to bend the planks. If I remember right, the planks were at least partially bent INDIVIDUALLY before assembly It was amazing that by hand, they could make them water tight. They produced two barrels per day.

Dude.. the double spaces makes it really hard to read your text.

ان الله لكم حسيب ورقيب اتقو الله هذا فسق وفجور صناعه برميل خمبر

@@qaisralasdi. . . چرا کانال عوض کردی؟ . . .

I knew how expensive they were … now I know why. 😂

Canada White Oak.

Much easier to just soak the wood in liquid ammonia, shape barrels, let ammonia flash off. Barrels will also be tighter after ammonia is recycled.

9:57 😅😊😊😊😊p

Cette année n'eurent pas besoin 😅

Yes. Yes. Yes. I appreciated that about this.

225 litres = between 1,000 & 1,700 Euros

No, it was fine the way it was done.

Whatever he did, it was what the customer ordered.

@@d.jensen5153 Shure

Approx 800 eur ;)

They start at about 1,000 Euro.

@@markforan4812 .....I hate having to look shit up on Google.

@robertlangley258 If you take care of them well and keep them full all the time, they will last long, long time. What may kill them are half empty barrel.

@@fivemega1 ....thanks that makes a lot of sense.👍👍👍

A bon j'ai regardé jusqu'au bout j'ai pas l'impression que les images soient mélangées

Rust and no rust?