We asked an expert for his opinion on the fad of making products in a barrel that was used for aging bourbon to absorb its flavor.

After a bourbon is aged inside the charred container, the barrel no longer meets the requirement of being a new, charred oak container. Instead, those used barrels are in demand for aging a host ...

When it comes to wine and whiskey – especially bourbon – the oak barrel reigns, not just as a container, but also for the magic that the wood gives to the whiskey.

The best bourbon takes time to make. One of the time-consuming steps in the process is that of making the barrel. Here's how it's done and why it takes so long.

Whiskey gets its color and a lot of its flavor from the barrel while aging, but does it really need to be aged for it to be called 'whiskey'? We dive into the history of whiskey laws and ...

These days, it’s easy to take bourbon barrel-aged stouts for granted. It seems like they’re everywhere and practically every brewery makes one. One of these robust, sweet, oaky, whiskey barrel ...

Since 2004, Allagash has been making barrel-aged beers like Curieux, its Tripel aged in bourbon barrels, as well as the Coolship series of beers spontaneously fermented in the outside air of New ...

Barrel-aged beers are less common than they used to be, but Boston area breweries still make some great examples.

As its name suggests, Barrel Riot Wines aims to disrupt the wine industry.The Poway-based wine producer does this by selling nontraditional wines with the spices and flavor of rum, bourbon and tequ… ...