In this video I turn 2 barrels into a 3" thick solid oak, end-grain butcher block. It's 2 feet long, 18" wide, weighs nearly ...

In short, cooperages only make the barrels bourbon ages ... the skill of fitting the wood slats, called staves, together tightly for the barrels so that it has a strong seal.

The Epic is finished with four different types of wood staves, which are the blocks of wood which have been part of whiskey barrels. Rather than putting the spirit into the barrel, the staves are ...