Carbonating and dispensing beer from wooden/oak barrel.

[darreno27]

I have always been bottling my beers in 12oz or 20oz. Recently I started talking to brewer regarding carbonating and serving beer from an oak/wooden barrel.

Is this possible? I always figured that yeast would be on the bottom of the barrel after carbonation, and it would be difficult to not get into your drink while dispensing. I'm sure it has been done though. I would imagine it would be less carbonated because the oak doesn't hold it in as well as stainless steel.

It has been 4-5 years since the last time I brewed some beer - My memory is really hazy, so thanks for your help!

 

[mh-brews]

seems like a cask type setup.
http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/cask-conditioned-ale-cid-10122.html

 

[darreno27]

Thank you for the link! I never knew the name for it.

I would imagine, since the beer is fermenting in the keg, there would be sediment issues when dispensing?

 

[BlackJaqueJanaviac]

Darreno,

Did you give this a go? From what I understand with this type of set-up is that this is best used for commercial establishments where the keg won't last long. Since the beer is pumped out, it is replaced by air which can stale the beer.