Thanks for the reply Cape Brewing. The barrel was recently used to age a beer right after it was drained of the whiskey it was aging, so I believe it's pretty sterile since it is pretty fresh. You bring a good point about the surface area.
Hi, I'm new to Barrel aging and just recently got a 10 gallon Wood Barrel that was used primarily to age Whiskey from a local Distillery in NYC and then used once to age an Imperial Stout at a Local Brewery. They were getting new ones so they sold their used ones. According to them they still...