White Oak Barrels for Aging Liquor
Red Head Oak Barrels offers premium quality American white oak barrels for aging your favorite liquor. Our barrels are made using a medium char as this is found to be the most universally pleasing amount of char for aging spirits. Red Head Oak’s uses a variety of sources for this white oak including growers in Missouri, California, and sometimes Kentucky to produce our barrels.
Why use white oak for aging? There are four major things you want in wood used for this purpose. They are:
- a wood that is not incredibly porous,
- a wood that doesn’t give the spirit any unpleasant aromas or tastes,
- a wood that adds boldness, flavor, and appealing aroma to the liquor,
- and then of course, wood that can easily be worked into the shape of a barrel.
Although many other woods have been tried through the centuries such as spruce, elm, and yellow birch, American white oak has stood the test of time and remains to be the best wood for the job. At Red Head Oak Barrels, we know this and that’s why we provide quality American white oak barrels in various sized for all your aging needs. If one barrel just isn’t enough, you can also purchase stands for holding multiple barrels and shot glasses.