Fire crackles between the seasoned oak staves, fastened with steel hoops. As the sparks settle, the aromas float through the air — clove, cedar and vanilla. All the nonfruit characteristics you’ve ...

ANTIOCH — Retired from PG&E, Rich Walker was around the house too much and under foot of his wife, Bertha, when she finally told him he had to find something to do. That’s when he turned boredom into ...

PARK RAPDIS, Minn. (WCCO) --As distilleries pop up across the state, barrel-makers are keeping busy. At Black Swan Cooperage in Park Rapids, a flavorful whiskey starts with a flavorful wood. "It ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky (WRB) -- 1969! That’s the year Charlie Harden first walked into the Brown Forman Cooperage to build bourbon barrels. He was 19-years-old. How many barrels do you think you have made ...

Master distiller Harlen Wheatley of Buffalo Trace Distillery draws a bourbon whiskey sample out of the barrel and pours it into a brandy snifter glass. Wheatley raises it into the light; the bourbon ...

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While making plans for the yard this spring, consider installing a rain barrel. These rainwater harvesting units are back in fashion. They are available commercially or you can build your own. Rain ...

MAN THAT MAK THEM ARE ONE-OF-A-KIND. >> THE INSIDE OF BRATCHER COOPERAGE IN LIBERTY SMELLS LIKE SAWDUST AND AN OLD LIBRARY. INSTEAD OF BOOKS, THESE WALLS HOLD TOOLS DATING TO THE 1830'S. >> PEOPLE ...